Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy presenting as IRIS in an AIDS patient: A case report and literature review

Neuroradiology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-154

  Corti, M ^a   Villafane M F ^a   Trione, N ^a   Yampolsky, C ^a   Sevlever, G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b FLENI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; IRIS; Magnetic resonance imaging; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ATAZANAVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; PREDNISONE; RITONAVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84879006409     PISSN: 19714009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/197140091302600203     Document Type: Article

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