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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-associated White Matter Lesions in AIDS:Magnetization Transfer MR Imaging Radiology 210:539-543, Ernst,T.,et al,, 1999 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract To determine the magnetization transfer features of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated white matter lesions (WML) hereafter, HIV-WML on magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The larger reduction in mangetization transfer ratio for PML lesions is most likely due to demyelination, whereas the reduction in HIV-WML may be associated primarily with gliosis. PML lesions appear to cause strong reductions in magnetization transfer ratio early in the course of disease. Magnetization transfer MR imaging is a noninvasive tool that improves the differentiation between PML and HIV-WML in patients with AIDS.

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