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Detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA during medullary and brainstem relapses in multiple sclerosis

We describe three cases of patients with concomitant acute medullary or brainstem multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions and detectable spinal fluid varicella-zoster virus DNA. Herpes simplex virus PCR was also positive in two of the patients. One patient was re-punctured 2 weeks following the relapse, wit...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Torkildsen, Øivind, Power, Øystein, Storstein, Anette
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769485/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26907823
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-214555
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