Syndrome of transient headache and neurological deficits with CSF lymphocytosis (HaNDL) associated with recent human herpesvirus-6 infection
H Emond, H Schnorf,
C Poloni, S Vulliemoz,
PH Lalive,
H Schnorf
Department of Neurosciences, Clinic of Neurology, and
Search for more papers by this authorS Vulliemoz
Department of Neurosciences, Clinic of Neurology, and
Search for more papers by this authorPH Lalive
Department of Neurosciences, Clinic of Neurology, and
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Micheli-du-Crest, Geneva, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorH Emond, H Schnorf,
C Poloni, S Vulliemoz,
PH Lalive,
H Schnorf
Department of Neurosciences, Clinic of Neurology, and
Search for more papers by this authorS Vulliemoz
Department of Neurosciences, Clinic of Neurology, and
Search for more papers by this authorPH Lalive
Department of Neurosciences, Clinic of Neurology, and
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Micheli-du-Crest, Geneva, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorPatrice H Lalive, Department of Neurosciences, Clinic of Neurology, University Hospital of Geneva, Micheli-du-Crest 24, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. Tel. + 41 22 372 83 18, fax + 41 22 372 83 82, e-mail [email protected]

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