Characterization of JC virus DNA amplified from urine of chronic progressive multiple sclerosis patients

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 193-199

  Stoner, Gerald L ^a   Agostini, Hansjürgen T ^a   Ryschkewitsch, Caroline F ^a   Baumhefner, Robert W ^b   Tourtellotte, Wallace W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; JC virus; Kidney; Polymerase chain reaction; Polyomavirus; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Viral capsid proteins; Viral genotype

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JC VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JC VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030072687     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859600100401     Document Type: Article

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