Failure of cidofovir therapy in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy unrelated to human immunodeficiency virus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 150-152

  Houston, S ^a   Roberts, N ^a   Mashinter, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; CIDOFOVIR; FLUDARABINE; ITRACONAZOLE; PROBENECID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BRAIN; CYTOSINE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035130534     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317539     Document Type: Article

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