Dual therapy with cidofovir and mirtazapine for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a sarcoidosis patient

Case Reports in Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-262

  Park, Jae Hyun ^a   Ryoo, Sookyung ^a   Noh, Hyun Jin ^a   Seo, Jung Min ^a   Kang, Hyun Hee ^a   Shin, Ji Soo ^a   Seo, Sang Won ^a   Na, Duk L ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cidofovir; Mirtazapine; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; MIRTAZAPINE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 84862943614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1662680X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333780     Document Type: Article

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