Longitudinal study of two cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy with a clinical benign evolution

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 268-273

  Delbue, Serena ^a   Marchioni, Enrico ^b   Sotgiu, Giovanni ^c   Saresella, Marina ^d   Tavazzi, Eleonora ^b   Colombo, Elena ^b   Guerini, Franca Rosa ^d   Maserati, Renato ^e   Sinforiani, Elena ^b   Schifino, Maria Rita ^b   Ferrante, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Cerebrospinal fluid; JC virus; JCV antigen specific T cells; Leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; STAVUDINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JC VIRUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIREMIA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; JC POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 34447306310     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280701291796     Document Type: Article

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