VZV vasculopathy associated with myelo-radiculoganglio-meningo-encephalitis: An autopsy case of an immunocompetent 66-year-old male

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 42-45

  Miyazaki, Yu ^a   Riku, Yuichi ^a   Goto, Yoji ^a   Mano, Kazuo ^a   Yoshida, Mari ^b   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Immunocompetent adult; Multifocal vasculopathy; Myelo radiculoganglio meningo encephalitis; Neuropathological findings; VZV infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELORADICULOGANGLIO MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 55649121372     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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