Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in an HTLV-I carrier.

Kimura, Akiko; Ueyama, Hidetsugu; Kimura, Noriyuki; Fujimoto, Shin; Kumamoto, Toshihide

Kimura, Akiko; Ueyama, Hidetsugu; Kimura, Noriyuki; Fujimoto, Shin; Kumamoto, Toshihide.

Affiliation

Kimura A; Division of Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Brain and Nerve Science, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Oita 879-5593, Japan.

Clin Neurol Neurosurg ; 108(8): 768-71, 2006 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16257112

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Carrier State/diagnosis; HTLV-I Infections/diagnosis; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/diagnosis; Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis; Adult; Biopsy; Brain/pathology; Carrier State/drug therapy; Carrier State/pathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Disease Progression; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Frontal Lobe/pathology; Frontal Lobe/virology; HTLV-I Antigens/blood; HTLV-I Infections/drug therapy; HTLV-I Infections/pathology; Humans; Injections, Intramuscular; Interferon-alpha/administration & dosage; Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/diagnosis; Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/pathology; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/drug therapy; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/pathology; Lymph Nodes/pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Oligodendroglia/pathology; Oligodendroglia/virology; Opportunistic Infections/drug therapy; Opportunistic Infections/pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Opportunistic Infections / HTLV-I Infections / Carrier State / Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: Clin Neurol Neurosurg Year: 2006 Type: Article Affiliation country: Japan

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