Brain Biopsy Is More Reliable than the DNA test for JC Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid for the Diagnosis of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

The current standard diagnostic approach for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is to perform a DNA test to identify the presence of the JC virus in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A 32-year-old woman with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus developed right hemiplegia and motor...

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Autores principales: Ikeda, Junji, Matsushima, Akira, Ishii, Wataru, Goto, Tetuya, Takahashi, Kenta, Nakamichi, Kazuo, Saijo, Masayuki, Sekijima, Yoshiki, Ikeda, Shu-ichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28502942
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7689

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