Fatal inflammatory AIDS-associated PML with high CD4 counts on HAART: A new clinical entity?

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2452-2453

  Di Giambenedetto, Simona ^a,b   Vago, G ^c   Pompucci, A ^b   Scoppettuolo, G ^a   Cingolani, A ^a   Marzocchetti, A ^a   Tumbarello, M ^a   Cauda, R ^a   De Luca, A ^a  

^a Ist di Clin delle Malat Infettive   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CIDOFOVIR; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; PREDNISONE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JC VIRUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 11144324936     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000148585.41802.6C     Document Type: Article

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