Coexistence of Atypical Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and Varicella-Zoster Virus Encephalitis
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Quantitation of varicella-zoster virus DNA in patients with Ramsay Hunt syndrome and zoster sine herpete.
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation causes facial nerve palsy in Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) and zoster sine herpete (ZSH) with and without zoster rash, respectively. In the present study, we analyzed the VZV DNA copy number in saliva samples from 25 patients with RHS and 31 patients with ZSH using a TaqMan PCR assay to determine differences in the viral load between the two diseases. VZV ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal Of Neurology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1301-062X
DOI: 10.4274/tnd.65624