Primary progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: Report of a case

Functional Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-142

  Isella, Valeria ^a,b   Marzorati, Laura ^a   Curtò, Natale ^a   Cappellini, Anna ^a   Appollonio, Ildebrando ^a,b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; JC; PML

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CIDOFOVIR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; PROBENECID; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; JC VIRUS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30644477829     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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