JC viremia and multiple sclerosis [1]

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-86

  Focosi, Daniele ^a   Kast, Richard Eric ^b   Petrini, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CAPSID PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIREMIA;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MONOCYTES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK; VIREMIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 39849101328     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280701809076     Document Type: Letter

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