Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient without immunodeficiency

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-299

  Tan, I L ^a   Koralnik, I J ^b   Rumbaugh, J A ^c   Burger, P C ^a   King Rennie, A ^a   McArthur, J C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISORIENTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JC VIRUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 80051500902     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318225ab3f     Document Type: Article

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