Search for varicella zoster virus in giant cell arteritis

Claes Nordborg, Elisabeth Nordborg, Vigdís Pétursdóttir, James J. LaGuardia, Ravi Mahalingam, Mary Wellish, Donald H. Gilden

Annals of Neurology · 1998 · 69 citations · 8 references

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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.

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