What lies beneath the tent? JC-virus cerebellar granule cell neuronopathy complicating sarcoidosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1091-1092

  Granot, Ron ^a   Lawrence, Richard ^a   Barnett, Michael ^a,b   Masters, Lynette ^a   Rodriguez, Michael ^c   Theocharous, Con ^d   Pamphlett, Roger ^b   Hersch, Mark ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Sydney South West Area Health Service ^*  (Australia)

^d Royal South Sydney Health Complex   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cidofovir; Granule cell neuronopathy; JC virus; Leukoencephalopathy; Progressive multifocal; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; JC VIRUS; JC VIRUS CEREBELLUM GRANULE CELL NEURONOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CYTOSINE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 67649961295     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.07.091     Document Type: Article

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