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Cerebellar Form of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Justin Parr ,
Dikran S. Horoupian  and
A. Charles Winkelman
Justin Parr*
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, PA and Neuropathology Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (DSH)
Dikran S. Horoupian
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, PA and Neuropathology Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (DSH)
A. Charles Winkelman
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, PA and Neuropathology Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York (DSH)
*
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Neuropathology, 454 Johnson Pavilion/G2, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 19104
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A case of progressive multi-focal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with selective involvement of cerebellum and brain stem is compared with nine other published cases. Recognition of PML presenting with ataxia before cerebral manifestations is stressed especially, since promising results with some antiviral drugs have been claimed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 123 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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