Herpes simplex virus type 1 in saliva of patients with vestibular neuronitis: A preliminary study

Neurologist

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 330-332

  Pollak, Lea ^a   Book, Mazal ^b   Smetana, Zehava ^b   Alkin, Marina ^b   Soupayev, Zvia ^b   Mendelson, Ella ^b,c  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

herpes simplex type 1; saliva; Vestibular neuronitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SERODIAGNOSIS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455150086     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e318235a0e7     Document Type: Article

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