HHV-6 infection of tonsils and adenoids in children with hypertrophy and upper airway recurrent infections

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-49

  Comar, Manola ^a   Grasso, Domenico ^a   dal Molin, Gianna ^a   Zocconi, Elisabetta ^a   Campello, Cesare ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenoids; Children; HHV 6; Hypertrophy; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADENOIDS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 72649090652     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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