Junji Ikeda Akira Matsushima Wataru Ishii Tetuya Goto Kenta Takahashi Kazuo Nakamichi Masayuki Saijo Yoshiki Sekijima Shu-Ichi Ikeda
10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7689
Intern Med
2017;56(10):1231-1234.
dna test jc virus brain biopsy demyelination progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy slow virus infection
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28502942/
Biopsy Brain / diagnostic imaging Brain / physiopathology DNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid JC Virus / genetics Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / diagnosis Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / drug therapy
Biopsy Brain / diagnostic imaging Brain / physiopathology DNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid JC Virus / genetics Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / diagnosis Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / drug therapy Case Reports Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / therapeutic use Adult Antimalarials / therapeutic use Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mefloquine / therapeutic use Mianserin / analogs & derivatives Mianserin / therapeutic use Mirtazapine Reproducibility of Results Treatment Outcome Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists Antimalarials DNA, Viral Mianserin Mirtazapine Mefloquine
PMC5491822
28502942
Brain Biopsy Is More Reliable than the DNA test for JC Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid for the Diagnosis of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
2017