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Neurological picture
Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy with discrete involvement of pyramidal tract
  1. N Sobha1,
  2. S Sinha1,
  3. A B Taly1,
  4. G R Arunodaya1,
  5. S Ravishankar2,
  6. B Anandh3,
  7. A Mahadevan4,
  8. V Santosh4,
  9. S K Shankar4
  1. 1Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
  2. 2Department of NeuroRadiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
  3. 3Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
  4. 4Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
  1. Correspondence to:
 A B Taly
 Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore – 560 029; abtalyyahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2004.046003

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