JC virus granular neuronopathy and rhombencephalic progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: Case report and review of the literature

Neuropathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 280-284

  Keith, Julia ^a   Bilbao, Juan ^a   Baskind, Roy ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granular; JC virus; Neuronopathy; PML; Rhombencephalic

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; MYELIN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSMETRIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; GAIT DISORDER; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC LEUKOPENIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JC VIRUS; JC VIRUS GRANULAR NEURONOPATHY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHOMBENCEPHALIC PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SARCOIDOSIS; SMOKING;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LEUKOPENIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 84861531469     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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