BK virus-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 216-218

  Daveson, Kathryn L ^a   Ong, Chong W ^a   Bowden, Scott ^b   Koina, Mark E ^a   Hallam, Lavinia A ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BK VIRUS INFECTION; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS LOAD; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; APRAXIAS; ATAXIA; BK VIRUS; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84874614288     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10072     Document Type: Article

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