A woman with acute headache and sacral dermatomal numbness

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-193

  Gunson, R N ^a   Aitken, C ^a   Gilden, Don ^b  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 79851510144     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.11.001     Document Type: Note

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