Human herpes virus-6 DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of children undergoing therapy for acute leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 542-545

  Wittekindt, Boris ^a   Berger, Annemarie ^a   Porto, Luciana ^a   Vlaho, Stefan ^a   Grüttner, Hans Peter ^a   Becker, Martina ^a   Lehrnbecher, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Child; Chromosomal integration; Encephalitis; Human herpersvirus 6

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; DAUNORUBICIN; GANCICLOVIR; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 65349132966     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07641.x     Document Type: Letter

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