Search for varicella zoster virus in giant cell arteritis.

Nordborg, C; Nordborg, E; Petursdottir, V; LaGuardia, J; Mahalingam, R; Wellish, M; Gilden, D H · Ann Neurol · 1998

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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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