Broad screening for human herpesviridae DNA in multiple sclerosis cerebrospinal fluid and serum

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-282

  Franciotta, Diego ^a   Bestetti, Arabella ^b   Sala, Serena ^b   Perucca, Piero ^a   Jarius, Sven ^c   Price, Richard W ^d   Di Stefano, Anna Luisa ^a   Cinque, Paola ^b  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Epstein Barr virus; Multiple sclerosis; Real time PCR; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA SCREENING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; SERUM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 75149150735     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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