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Viral diagnosis of neurological infection by RT multiplex PCR: A search for entero- and herpesviruses in a prospective study
1 Feb 1999
Abstract excerpt
The diagnosis of a wide range of different neurological syndromes was established by a reverse transcription multiplex PCR assay. The presence of enterovirus and herpesviruses was studied in cerebrospinal fluid samples collected prospectively from 200 patients hospitalized with neurological diseases suspected of viral infection. Positive PCR results for enterovirus and neurotropic herpesvirus (herpes simplex,...
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