Zoster sine herpete: Virologic verification by detection of anti-VZV IGG antibody in CSF

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 484-485

  Blumenthal, D T ^a   Shacham Shmueli, E ^a   Bokstein, F ^a   Schmid, D S ^b   Cohrs, R J ^c   Nagel, M A ^c   Mahalingam, R ^c   Gilden, D ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OXALIPLATIN; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; ZOSTER SINE HERPETE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 79951506313     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31820a0d28     Document Type: Article

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