Bilateral brachial neuritis secondary to varicella reactivation in an HIV-positive man

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-146

  McNamara, P ^a   Kiely, B M ^a   Zekan, S ^a   Redmond, J ^a   Mulcahy, F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; HIV; Neuralgic amyotrophy; Neuritis; Parsonage turner syndrome; Varicella zoster virus; VZV

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EFAVIRENZ; EMTRICITABINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DERMATOME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CHICKENPOX; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 84858252411     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.008520     Document Type: Article

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