Monitoring the response of AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy to HAART and cidofovir by PCR for JC virus DNA in the CSF

European Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-174

  Meylan, Pascal R A ^a   Vuadens, Philippe ^a   Maeder, Philippe ^a   Sahli, Roland ^a   Tagan, Marie Catherine ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIDOFOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0032917443     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008046     Document Type: Article

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