Increased human herpes virus 6 DNA detected by real-time PCR in the saliva of two patients with drug-induced hypersen-sitivity syndrome

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-419

  Hara, Yoko ^a   Yoshioka, Manabu ^a   Yoshiki, Ryutaro ^a   Nakamura, Motonobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALLOPURINOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DNA CONTENT; DNA ISOLATION; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG FEVER; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHRODERMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGED; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SYNDROME;

EID: 84863202056     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2012.1703     Document Type: Article

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