JC Virus Granule Cell Neuronopathy in a Child With CD40 Ligand Deficiency

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-189

  Hecht, Jonathan H ^a   Glenn, Orit A ^b   Wara, Diane W ^b   Wu, Yvonne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; CIDOFOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA M; JC VIRUS; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CD40 LIGAND; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; MALE; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33847684861     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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