Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with Franklin disease and hypogammaglobulinemia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 203-204

  Tasca, Giorgio ^a   Iorio, Raffaele ^a   Basile, Umberto ^a   Lauriola, Libero ^a   Tartaglione, Raffaele ^a   Mirabella, Massimiliano ^a,b   Ricci, Enzo ^a,b   Sabatelli, Mario ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Franklin disease; Hypogammaglobulinemia; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; FLUOROURACIL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISORIENTATION; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HEAVY CHAIN DISEASE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYTOSINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEAVY CHAIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 67849097193     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.04.035     Document Type: Article

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