Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy showing extensive spinal cord involvement in a patient with lymphocytopenia: Case Report

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-493

  Takeda, Shigeki ^a,b   Yamazaki, Kazunori ^b   Miyakawa, Teruo ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Ikuta, Fusahiro ^b   Arai, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a Department of Pathology   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Lymphocytopenia; Opportunistic infection; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VERTIGO; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67651240263     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00981.x     Document Type: Article

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