Common and uncommon imaging findings in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with differential diagnostic considerations

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1123-1130

  Horger, M ^a   Beschorner, R ^a   Beck, R ^a   Nagele T ^a   Schulze, M ^a   Ernemann, U ^a   Heckl, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT imaging; Demyelination; Immunosuppression; MR imaging; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84865477820     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.06.018     Document Type: Review

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