Cytarabine therapy for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1066-1068

  Moreno, S ^a,b   Miralles, P ^a   Diaz M D ^a   Berenguer, J ^a   De Quirós, J C L Bernaldo ^a   Blazquez R ^a   Cosin J ^a   Bouza, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYTARABINE; DIDANOSINE; FOSCARNET; VIDARABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RASH; SURVIVAL TIME; VOMITING;

EID: 0029910151     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1066     Document Type: Article

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