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Elevation of myoinositol is associated with disease containment in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

September 14, 2004 issue
63 (5) 897-900

Abstract

MRI, 1H-MR spectroscopy, immunologic, and virologic studies were performed in search of prognostic factors of disease evolution in patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Acute lesions of PML survivors showed twofold higher standard score of the ratio of myoinositol (a glial marker) to creatine compared with lesions in patients whose disease progressed. Concomitantly, JC virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes were only detected in the blood of PML survivors. These results suggest that inflammation limits disease progression.

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Neurology®
Volume 63Number 5September 14, 2004
Pages: 897-900

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Received: February 3, 2004
Accepted: April 20, 2004
Published online: September 13, 2004
Published in print: September 14, 2004

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Rachel Katz-Brull, PhD
From the Departments of Radiology (Drs. Katz-Brull and Lenkinski) and Neurology (Drs. Du Pasquier and Koralnik), and Division of Viral Pathogenesis (Drs. Du Pasquier and Koralnik), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Robert E. Lenkinski, PhD
From the Departments of Radiology (Drs. Katz-Brull and Lenkinski) and Neurology (Drs. Du Pasquier and Koralnik), and Division of Viral Pathogenesis (Drs. Du Pasquier and Koralnik), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Renaud A. Du Pasquier, MD
From the Departments of Radiology (Drs. Katz-Brull and Lenkinski) and Neurology (Drs. Du Pasquier and Koralnik), and Division of Viral Pathogenesis (Drs. Du Pasquier and Koralnik), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Igor J. Koralnik, MD
From the Departments of Radiology (Drs. Katz-Brull and Lenkinski) and Neurology (Drs. Du Pasquier and Koralnik), and Division of Viral Pathogenesis (Drs. Du Pasquier and Koralnik), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Igor J. Koralnik, Director, HIV/Neurology Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, RE 213B, Boston, MA 02215; e-mail: [email protected]

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