BK virus encephalitis without concurrent hemorrhagic cystitis in an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient

Blood Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-228

  Lee, Suk young ^a   Lee, Se ryeon ^a   Kim, Dae sik ^a   Won Choi, Chul ^a   Soo Kim, Byung ^a   Park, Yong ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUDARABINE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BASAL GANGLION; BK VIRUS; BK VIRUS INFECTION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORIENTATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LACUNAR STROKE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOARAIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLURRED SPEECH; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84885777291     PISSN: 2287979X     EISSN: 22880011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5045/br.2013.48.3.226     Document Type: Article

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