VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS-DNA IN THE ESOPHAGEAL MYENTERIC PLEXUS IN ACHALASIA
VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS-DNA IN THE ESOPHAGEAL MYENTERIC PLEXUS IN ACHALASIA
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DOI:
10.1136/gut.34.3.299
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发表时间:
1993-03-01
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影响因子:
24.5
通讯作者:
ATKINSON, M
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作者:
ROBERTSON, CS;MARTIN, BAB;ATKINSON, M
In a search for past or present infection with herpes viruses, serum antibody titres to herpes simplex type 1 virus, cytomegalovirus, and varicella-zoster virus were measured by complement fixation test in 58 patients with achalasia. Serum was also taken from 40 age and sex matched patients without oesophageal symptoms who formed a control group. All titres were low, and those for herpes simplex type 1 virus and cytomegalovirus did not differ in the achalasia patients and the controls. However, the incidence of varicella-zoster virus antibodies was significantly greater in the achalasia than in the control group (p