Human Herpesviruses HHV-6A, HHV-6B & HHV-7 : diagnosis and clinical management / Louis Flaman [and others].

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2014Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (362 pages)Content type:

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computer

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online resource

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9780444627032
0444627030
9780444627162
0444627162

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human Herpesviruses HHV-6A, HHV-6B & HHV-7 : Diagnosis and Clinical Management.LOC classification:

QR201.H48

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WC 571

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1. HHV-6A and HHV-6B officially as distinct viruses -- 2. Practical diagnostic procedures for HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 -- Pathologic features of HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 infection (light and electron microscopy) -- 4. HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 in febrile seizures and status epilepticus -- 5. HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 in encephalitis -- 6. Cognitive dysfunction from HHV-6A and HHV-B -- 7. HHV-6 and multiple sclerosis -- 8. Human herpes virus 6B in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy -- 9. HHV-6B and HHV-7 in exanthema subitum and related skin diseases -- 10. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in autoimmune disease -- 11. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms -- 12. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in solid organ transplantation -- 13. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation -- 14. The immune response to HHV-6 -- 15. Chromosomally integrated HHV-6 -- 16. HHV-6 and HHV-7 in cardiovascular disease and cardiomyopathies -- 17. HHV-6 in lymphohematopoietic diseases -- 18. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in cancer -- 19. Treating HHV-6 infections.

Summary: Completely revised and updated, Human Herpesviruses HHV-6A, HHV-6B & HHV-7, Third Edition, delivers a contemporary and thorough review of HHV-6, beginning with foundational explorations of classification, molecular biology, and chromosomal integration of the virus, through to clinical details, including pathologic features of infection, and clinical effects on various organ systems. The work now includes coverage of HHV-7, a virus that remains underestimated in transplant reactivation, seizures, and encephalitis. The work now includes coverage of HHV-7, a virus that remains underestimated in transplant reactivation, seizures, and encephalitis.

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Completely revised and updated, Human Herpesviruses HHV-6A, HHV-6B & HHV-7, Third Edition, delivers a contemporary and thorough review of HHV-6, beginning with foundational explorations of classification, molecular biology, and chromosomal integration of the virus, through to clinical details, including pathologic features of infection, and clinical effects on various organ systems. The work now includes coverage of HHV-7, a virus that remains underestimated in transplant reactivation, seizures, and encephalitis. The work now includes coverage of HHV-7, a virus that remains underestimated in transplant reactivation, seizures, and encephalitis.

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