JC virus regulatory region rearrangements in the brain of a long surviving patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 397-400

  Yogo, Y ^a   Matsushima Ohno, T ^b   Hayashi, T ^b   Sugimoto, C ^a   Sakurai, M ^b   Kanazawa, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA sequences; JC virus; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JC VIRUS; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; REGULATOR GENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034880862     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.3.397     Document Type: Article

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