Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy complicating untreated chronic lymphatic leukemia: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 424-427

  Di Pauli, Franziska ^a   Berger, Thomas ^a   Walder, Alois ^c   Maier, Hans ^b   Rhomberg, Paul ^a   Uprimny, Christian ^a   Steurer, Michael ^a   Stockhammer, Guenther ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Division of Haematology and Oncology Regional Hospital Lienz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphatic leukemia; JC Virus; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEFLOQUINE; MIRTAZAPINE; VIRUS DNA; MIANSERIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; JC VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; PATHOGENICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIROLOGY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; DISEASE DURATION; GLIOSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOSOMAL DELIVERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; UNSTEADINESS;

CYTARABINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MEFLOQUINE; MIANSERIN; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84902768127     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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