Multifocal VZV vasculopathy with temporal artery infection mimics giant cell arteritis

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2017-2021

  Nagel, Maria A ^a   Bennett, Jeffrey L ^a   Khmeleva, Nelly ^a   Choe, Alexander ^a   Rempel, April ^a   Boyer, Philip J ^a   Gilden, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84879491419     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318294b477     Document Type: Article

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