Brentuximab associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1335-1337

  Jalan, Pankaj ^a   Mahajan, Aman ^a   Pandav, Vijay ^a   Bekker, Simon ^b   Koirala, Janak ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brentuximab; Hodgkin's lymphoma; JC virus; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; BRENTUXIMAB VEDOTIN; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAVELBINE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JC VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIXED CELLULARITY HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84869083753     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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