JC virus-associated central nervous system diseases in HIV-infected patients in Brazil: Clinical presentations, associated factors with mortality and outcome

Introduction: Several presentations of neurologic complications caused by JC virus (JCV) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients have been described and need to be distinguished from the “classic” form of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). The objectives of this study...

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Main Authors: Felipe Piza, Maria Cristina Fink, Gilberto S. Nogueira, Claudio S. Pannuti, Augusto C. Penalva de Oliveira, José Ernesto Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012702970