Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with follicular lymphoma treated with multiple courses of rituximab

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 460-462

  Reddy, Nishitha ^a   Abel, Ty W ^a   Jagasia, Madan ^a   Morgan, David ^a   Weaver, Kyle ^a   Greer, John ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; EOSIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GLUCOSE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 INHIBITOR; HEMATOXYLIN; IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN P53; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ATAXIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67650896085     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190802695827     Document Type: Article

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