Meningomyelitis associated with infection by human herpes virus 7. Report of two cases;Meningomielitis asociadas a infección por herpes virus humano 7. Comunicación de dos casos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1588-1591

  Marcelo Miranda, C ^a   Juan Pablo Torres, T ^a   Carmen Larranaga L ^b   Guillermo Acuna L ^a  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Encephalomyelitis; Herpesvirus 7; Human; Meningitis; Viral

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84858142454     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872011001200008     Document Type: Article

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