| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Contents |
1. HHV-6A and HHV-6B officially classified as distinct viruses / Joshua C. Pritchett and Dharam V. Ablashi -- 2. Practical diagnostic procedures for HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 / Agnes Gautheret-Dejean and Henri Agut -- 3. Pathologic features of HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 infection (light and electron microscopy) / Gerhard R.F. Krueger and Irmeli Lautenschlager -- 4. HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 in febrile seizures and status epilepticus / Leon G. Epstein and John J. Millichap -- 5. HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 in encephalitis / Joseph Ongradi [and three others] -- 6. Cognitive dysfunction from HHV-6A and HHV-6B / Danielle M. Zerr and Anthony L. Komaroff -- 7. HHV-6 and multiple sclerosis / Bridgette Jeanne Billioux, Roberto Alvarez Lafuente, and Steven Jacobson -- 8. Human herpes virus 6B in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy / Pitt Niehusmann, Jin-Mei Li, and Dong Zhou -- 9. HHV-6B and HHV-7 in exanthema subitum and related skin diseases / Tetsushi Yoshikawa -- 10. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in autoimmune disease / Francesco Broccolo -- 11. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms / Vincent Descamps [and three others] -- 12. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in solid organ transplantation / Irmeli Lautenschlager and Raymund R. Razonable -- 13. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation / Danielle M. Zerr and Masao Ogata -- 14. The immune response to HHV-6 / J. Mauricio Calvo-Calle and Lawrence J. Stern -- 15. Chromosomally integrated HHV-6 / Mario Luppi [and three others] -- 16. HHV-6 and HHV-7 in cardiovascular diseases and cardiomyopathies / Dirk Lassner [and three others] -- 17. HHV-6 in lymphohematopoietic diseases / Sylvie Ranger-Rogez -- 18. HHV-6A and HHV-6B in cancer / John R. Crawford -- 19. Treating HHV-6 infections / Joshua C. Pritchett, Lieve Naesens, and Jose Montoya |
| Summary |
The book examines the role of HHV-6 in myriad diseases, including cognitive disorders following bone marrow transplant, mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune disease, encephalitis, Hodgkins disease lymphoma (HHV-6B), and glioma (HHV-6A). The work now includes coverage of HHV-7, a virus thatremains underestimated in transplant reactivation, seizures, and encephalitis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Herpesvirus diseases -- Diagnosis.
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Herpesvirus diseases.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ablashi, D. V. (Dharam V.), editor
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Flamand, Louis, 1964- editor
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Krueger, G. R. F., editor
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Lautenschlager, Irmeli, editor
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| ISBN |
0444627162 (PDF ebook) |
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9780444627162 (PDF ebook) |
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