Varicella zoster virus (VZV) in cerebral arteries of subjects at high risk for VZV reactivation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 32-34

  Nagel, Maria A ^a   Khmeleva, Nelly ^a   Choe, Alexander ^a   Gutierrez, Jose ^b   Gilden, Don ^a  

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

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral artery; Diabetes; Drug abuse; HIV; Subclinical reactivation; VZV

Indexed keywords

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS VASCULOPATHY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; AGE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 84898057512     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.01.044     Document Type: Article

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