Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient without apparent immunosuppression

Virology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vaklavas, Christos ^a   Sotelo Rafiq, Elsa P ^a   Lovy, Jordan ^b   Escobar, Miguel A ^a   Tsimberidou, Apostolia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hospitalist Co   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DNA VIRUS; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; JOHN CUNNINGHAM VIRUS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WEAKNESS; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FATALITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JC VIRUS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY;

SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77957162120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-256     Document Type: Article

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