Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopethy in autoimmune disorders

Gut

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 605-

  Focosi, D ^a   Maggi, F ^a   Ceccherini Nelli, L ^a   Marchi, S ^a   Petrine, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NATALIZUMAB; VIRUS DNA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; LETTER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JC VIRUS; NOTE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 63849310026     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.165118     Document Type: Letter

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