A case of pneumonitis and encephalitis associated with human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection after bone marrow transplantation

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 996, 2010, Pages

  Nakayama, Tomoko ^a   Okada, F ^a   Ando, Y ^a   Honda, K ^a   Ogata, M ^a   Goto, K ^a   Kadota, J ^a   Mori, H ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 78649896523     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/19375793     Document Type: Article

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