New cardiomyopathy: Pilot study of intravenous ganciclovir in a subset of the chronic fatigue syndrome

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-117

  Lerner, A Martin ^a,d   Zervos, Marcus ^a   Dworkin, Howard J ^b   Chang, Chung Ho ^a   Fitzgerald, James T ^c   Goldstein, James ^a   Lawrie Hoppen, Claudine ^a   Franklin, Barry ^a   Krotkin, Steven M ^a   Brodsky, Marc ^a   Walsh, Daniel ^a   O'Neill, William ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE;

EID: 8244253684     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199702000-00010     Document Type: Article

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