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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Vaklavas C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2954859 | biostudies-other | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Virology journal 20100928
An 80-year-old man with no history of an immune-compromising disorder was diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). He presented with dysphagia and left-sided weakness; magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated marked signal abnormality in the subcortical white matter of the left frontal lobe and in the posterior limb of the right internal capsule. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was negative for John Cunningham (JC) virus. On brain ...[more]