JC virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of h
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Dawn McGuire; Steven Barhite; Harry Hollander; Dr Michael Miles
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a lytic infection of oligodendrocytes by the human papovavirus JC. Patients with defects in cell-mediated immunity are at risk for active disease: a usually lethal demyelination of the brain. PML develops in at least 4% of patients with the acquire