Absence of detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA in temporal artery biopsies obtained from patients with giant cell arteritis.
It has been suggested that Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) may play a role in the pathogenesis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). We therefore used both in situ hybridisation and in situ Polymerase Chain Reaction amplification techniques in an attempt to identify VZV DNA in 15 temporal arteries from histol...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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