Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a renal transplant patient diagnosed by JCV-specific DNA amplification and an intrathecal humoral immune response to recombinant virus protein 1

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 462-465

  Berner, Beate ^a   Krieter, Detlef H ^a   Rumpf, K Wolfgang ^a   Grunewald, R Willi ^a   Beuche, Wolfgang ^a   Weber, Thomas ^b   Müller, Gerhard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Marienkrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrathecal humoral immunity; JC virus; Kidney transplantation; Polymerase chain reaction; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0032943863     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.2.462     Document Type: Article

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