Human herpes virus 6 encephalomyelitis after bone marrow transplantation: Report of an autopsy case

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-55

  Shintaku, Masayuki ^a   Kaneda, Daita ^a   Tada, Kohei ^b   Katano, Harutaka ^c   Sata, Tetsutaro ^c  

^a OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Demyelination; Encephalomyelitis; Human herpes virus 6

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GENE NUMBER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUNG INJURY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MESENCEPHALON; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOMNOLENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TREMOR; VIRUS GENOME; WHITE MATTER;

AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 74949143239     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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