The absence of JC virus antigens in Indian children with medulloblastomas

<b>Background: </b> The human polyoma virus, also known as the JC virus (JCV), replicates predominantly in the oligodendrocytes, the myelin producing cells in the central nervous system and results in the fatal demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) especi...

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Main Authors: Vasishta Rakesh, Pasricha Neelam, Nath Avindra, Sehgal Shobha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=1;spage=42;epage=45;aulast=Vasishta