Neurological complications of varicella zoster virus reactivation
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Neurological complications of varicella zoster virus reactivation.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation results in zoster, which may be complicated by postherpetic neuralgia, myelitis, meningoencephalitis, and VZV vasculopathy. This review highlights the clinical features, laboratory abnormalities, imaging changes, and optimal treatment of each of those conditions. Because all of these neurological disorders produced by VZV reactivation ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Neurology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1350-7540
DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000000092