Polymerase chain reaction on cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of virus-associated opportunistic diseases of the central nervous system in HIV-infected patients

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 951-958

  Cinque, Paola ^a,d   Vago, Luca ^b   Dahl, Helena ^c   Brytting, Maria ^c   Terreni, Maria Rosa ^a   Fornara, Carla ^a   Racca, Sara ^d   Castagna, Antonella ^a   Monforte, Antonella D'Arminio ^b   Wahren, Britta ^c   Lazzarin, Adriano ^a   Linde, Annika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytomegalovirus; Epstein Barr virus; Herpes simplex virus; HIV; Human herpesvirus 6; JC virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; JC VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 8944262823     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199610090-00004     Document Type: Article

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