Cerebral infarction and intracranial aneurysm related to the reactivation of varicella zoster virus in a Japanese acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 701-705

  Yasuda, Chiharu ^a   Okada, Kazumasa ^a   Ohnari, Norihiro ^a   Akamatsu, Naoki ^a   Tsuji, Sadatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Cerebral infarction; Intracranial aneurysm; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ARGATROBAN; NORPHENAZONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSARTHRIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HEUBNER ARTERY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; JAPANESE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 84884299071     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.53.701     Document Type: Article

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