Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: Cidofovir therapy in three patients with underlying hematological disease [1]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 612-614

  Herrlinger, Ulrich ^a   Schwärzler, Frank ^a   Beck, Robert ^a   Küker, Wilhelm ^a   Hebart, Holger ^a   Kanz, Lothar ^a   Dichgans, Johannes ^a   Weller, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CHLORAMBUCIL; CIDOFOVIR; MITOXANTRONE;

AGED; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSARTHRIA; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AGED; CYTOSINE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PATIENTS; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS;

EID: 0037902619     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1037-9     Document Type: Letter

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