Value of MRI as a surrogate marker for PML in natalizumab long-term therapy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1732-1733

  Ayzenberg, I ^a   Lukas, C ^a   Trampe, N ^a   Gold, R ^a   Hellwig, K ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NATALIZUMAB; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RELAPSE; SYMPTOM; VERBAL MEMORY; VIRUS LOAD; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867334537     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6426-5     Document Type: Letter

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