Febrile Seizures and Primary Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-31

  Laina, Ioanna ^a   Syriopoulou, Vassiliki P ^a   Daikos, George L ^a   Roma, Eleftheria S ^a   Papageorgiou, Foteini ^a   Kakourou, Talia ^a   Theodoridou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GREECE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 71149109117     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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