MRI abnormalities in chronic active varicella zoster infection

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1538-1539

  Blumenthal, Deborah T ^a,d   Salzman, K L ^a   Baringer, J R ^a   Forghani, B ^b   Gilden, D H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 7044285925     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000141855.67420.73     Document Type: Article

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