VZV, temporal arteritis, and clinical practice: False positive immunohistochemical detection due to antibody cross-reactivity

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 114-115

  Pisapia, David J ^a   Lavi, Ehud ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Myocytes; Temporal arteritis; Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VIRUS DETECTION; ARTERITIS; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODY; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; EPITOPE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ARTERITIS; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84949845223     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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