Search for varicella zoster virus in giant cell arteritis
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Neurology
- Vol. 44 (3), 413-414
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.410440323
Abstract
Polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemical analyses of formalin-fixed temporal arteries from 10 pathologically verified cases of giant cell arteritis did not reveal varicella zoster virus antigen or DNA.Keywords
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