Developments in Varicella Zoster Virus Vasculopathy

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Nagel, Maria A ^a   Gilden, Don ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Giant cell arteritis; Stroke; Varicella zoster virus vasculopathy; Zoster

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HERPES ZOSTER ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS VASCULOPATHY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING; CHICKENPOX; NERVE CELL;

CHICKENPOX; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 84954222070     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-015-0614-5     Document Type: Review

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