A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy presenting white matter MRI lesions extending over the cerebral cortex and a marked decrease in cerebral blood flow on SPECT, and associated with HTLV-I infection

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 426-430

  Takase, Kei Ichiro ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Furuya, Hirokazu ^a   Nagashima, Kazuo ^b   Taniwaki, Takayuki ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HTLV I; JC virus; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; CYTARABINE; GADOLINIUM; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JC VIRUS ANTIBODY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; AKINETIC MUTISM; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE ACTIVATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL REGION; JC VIRUS; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND; PERSEVERATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPASTICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WALKING; WHITE MATTER; ATAXIC APHASIA; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; VASCULARIZATION;

APHASIA, BROCA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 23444455484     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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