Human herpesvirus-6-associated exanthema in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 947-949

  Fujita, Hiroyuki ^a   Maruta, Atsuo ^a   Tomita, Naoto ^a   Taguchi, Jun ^a   Sakai, Rika ^a   Shimizu, Akio ^a   Harada, Masaoki ^a   Ogawa, Kouji ^b   Kodama, Fumio ^a   Okubo, Takao ^b  

^a KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALL; exanthema; HHV 6; PCR; skin

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

EID: 9244219678     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.418956.x     Document Type: Article

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