Neuropathology of viral infections

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-214

  Hatanpaa, Kimmo J ^a   Kim, Jung H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Eastern equine encephalitis virus; Encephalitis; Epstein Barr virus; Herpes simplex virus; HTLV 1 associated myelopathy; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV 1); JC virus; Measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE); Measles virus; Meningitis; Myelitis; Pathology; Poliovirus; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Rabies; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE); Tropical spastic paraparesis; Varicella zoster virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HTLV-1-ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE 1 (HTLV-1); JC VIRUS; MEASLES INCLUSION BODY ENCEPHALITIS (MIBE); MEASLES VIRUS; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RABIES; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS (SSPE); TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HTLV-1-ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE 1 (HTLV-1); JC VIRUS; MEASLES INCLUSION BODY ENCEPHALITIS (MIBE); MEASLES VIRUS; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; POLIOVIRUS; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RABIES; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS (SSPE); TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84904024788     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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