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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy mimicking milliary CNS tuberculosis

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Drs. Cristina Carrato and Aurelio Ariza, from the Department of Pathology, Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, for performing in situ hybridization for JC virus.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Carretera de Colmenar km 9, 1, 28034, Madrid, Spain

    Iñigo Corral

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

    Carmen Quereda, Fernando Dronda, Enrique Navas & José Manuel Hermida

  3. Department of Pathology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

    Carmen Moreno

  4. Department of Radiology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

    Juan Martínez-San-Millán

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Corral, I., Quereda, C., Dronda, F. et al. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy mimicking milliary CNS tuberculosis. J. Neurovirol. 21, 691–693 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-015-0367-6

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