Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy following fludarabine treatment in a chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient

Experimental Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-241

  Lejniece, S ^a,b   Murovska, M ^a   Chapenko, S ^a   Breiksa B ^b   Jaunmuktane, Z ^a   Feldmane, L ^a   Ziedioa I ^b   Gomez Roman, J ^c   Garcia Cabeza, M ^d   Lejnieks, A ^a,b  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b RIGA EAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Fludarabine; Immunosuppression; JC polyomavirus; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDARABINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; JC VIRUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIMB TREMOR; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PUTAMEN; SLURRED SPEECH; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SURGICAL WARD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIDARABINE;

EID: 84855559549     PISSN: 18129269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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