Visual symptoms after lung transplantation: A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-32

  Ouwens, J P ^a   Haaxma Reiche, H ^a   Verschuuren, E A M ^a   Timens, W ^a   Steenhuis, L H ^a   De Boer, W J ^a   Van Der Bij, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cataract; JC virus; Lung transplantation; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SEIZURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034090981     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2000.020106.x     Document Type: Article

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