Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy developed 26 years after renal transplantation

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1482-1484

  Nagayama, Shigemi ^a   Gondo, Yuichiro ^a   Araya, Shin Ichi ^a   Minato, Naomi ^a   Fujita Nakata, Michiyo ^a   Kaito, Muichi ^a   Nakanishi, Megumi ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Yamaya, Hideki ^a   Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a   Nakamichi, Kazuo ^b   Saijo, Masayuki ^b   Okamoto, Kouichirou ^c   Toyoshima, Yasuko ^c   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^c   Matsui, Makoto ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cytotoxic T cell; Mycophenolate mofetil; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATAXIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVING DONOR; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SLURRED SPEECH; TENDON REFLEX; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

CEREBELLUM; CYTOTOXIC T CELL; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RENAL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84880327576     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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