A fulminant case of JC virus encephalopathy supporting a novel syndrome associated with JC virus infection of cortical neurons [PDF]
Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2016 The JC virus ( JCV) is well known for causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a potentially fatal, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS).
Matteo Ciocca +4 more
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): Another imaging manifestation of COVID-19
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020 Neuroimaging manifestations of COVID-19 are being reported with increasing frequency with recent reports of associated atypical leukoencephalopathies. We add to this literature by describing a COVID-19 + patient who demonstrated imaging findings typical ...
Jeffrey Rogg, M.D. +2 more
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Correlation Between Vanishing White Matter Disease and Novel Heterozygous Variants Using Next-Generation Sequencing: A Case Report [PDF]
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019 Vanishing white matter (VWM) disease is an autosomal recessive disorder that affects the central nervous system of a patient, and is caused by the development of pathogenic mutations in any of the EIF2B1-5 genes.
Sung Eun Hyun +5 more
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy [PDF]
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2000 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) was a rare disease until the advent of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Recent interest in the disorder has been spurred by its appearance in patients treated with the monoclonal antibodies natalizumab and rituximab.
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International Journal of Neonatal ScreeningX-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is the most common peroxisomal disorder, caused by mutations in the ABCD1 gene. Early diagnosis is critical to manage adrenal insufficiency and cerebral forms of the disease.
Eleonora Bonaventura +23 more
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Multifocal disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy as severe central nervous system toxicity from nivolumab therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma: a case report [PDF]
EncephalitisNivolumab, a monoclonal antibody approved in 2014 as an immune checkpoint inhibitor, offers benefits in cancer treatment but can cause serious neurological complications, including multifocal disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy. We report a case
Hussein Algahtani +4 more
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Hypomyelinating Leukoencephalopathy
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2013 NA
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Diagnostic features of type II fibrinoid leukodystrophy (Alexander disease) in a juvenile Beagle dog
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2023 A 3‐month‐old female entire Beagle presented with a progressive history of caudotentorial encephalopathy. Reactive encephalopathies were ruled out and tests for the most common infectious diseases agents were negative.
Hélène Vandenberghe +6 more
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy [PDF]
Neurology, 2002 A 58-year-old woman admitted to the hospital had a 3-month history of progressive neurologic deterioration characterized by severe global aphasia and bilateral limb weakness, greater on the right. The patient had a 10-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Polyarthritis had been present for 6 weeks before the …
Henderson, R. D. +3 more
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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2020 Hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids (HDLS) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary leukoencephalopathy. Progressive neuropsychiatric symptoms and motor disorders are the main clinical manifestations, and women appear earlier than men ...
Yan⁃qiu WEI +4 more
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