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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy [PDF]

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2008
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system caused by the reactivation of latent JC virus.
Berger Joseph R
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy [PDF]

Neurologic Clinics, 2018
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare opportunistic infection that occurs in patients whose immune system is compromised either because of an underlying illness or an immunosuppressive medication. John Cunningham virus, prevalent in 60% or more of the adult population as a latent or persistent infection, is responsible for the ...
Joseph Berger, Elena Grebenciucova
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Natalizumab-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Frontiers in Neurology
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the brain resulting from infection of oligodendrocytes by JC virus (JCV) typically occurring in association with defects of cell-mediated immunity.
Joseph Berger, Berger Joseph R
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2020
doi：10.3969/j.issn.1672⁃6731.2020.03 ...
Xiao⁃ling YAN
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in an Immunocompetent Patient [PDF]

Case Reports in Neurology, 2013
Background: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rapidly progressive, potentially fatal, demyelinating disease affecting immunosuppressed patients.
Krisztina K. Johansen, Sverre H. Torp, Jana Rydland, Jan O. Aasly   +3 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., Smith, M. G., Mowat, P., Read, S. J.   +3 more
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with novel mutation in the RAC2 gene: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a rare demyelinating disease that is often secondary to lytic destruction of oligodendrocytes and, to a lesser extent, to astrocytes’ response to human neurotrophic John Cunningham polyomavirus ...
Sima Bahrami, Saba Arshi, Mohammad Nabavi, Mohammad Hassan Bemanian, Morteza Fallahpour, Afshin Rezaeifar, Sima Shokri   +6 more
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy [PDF]

Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, 2017
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a rare, opportunistic infection of the central nervous system caused by the John Cunningham virus (JCV). There is no effective antiviral treatment available, and restoring immunocompetence is essential for survival. If this occurs too quickly, however, the inflammatory response may prove fatal.
Christine Hanssen Rinaldo, Kjell-Morten Myhr, Karl Bjørnar Alstadhaug   +2 more
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A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a post-kidney transplant patient with improvement after discontinuation of immunosuppressive drugs and combination therapy with mefloquine and mirtazapine

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2023
Background Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a rare disease, but the prognosis is very poor, especially in the immunosuppressed state with a non-HIV background, and there is no established treatment.
Neri Sone, Hiroki Nishiwaki, Mayu Shimokawa, Keishu Kawanishi, Tsuyoshi Oshiro, Reiji Takami, Natsuki Taira, Masahito Amagasa, Shinya Omiya, Tadahide Maezumi, Yoko Nabeshima, Kazuo Nakamichi, Yoshiharu Miura, Fumihiko Koiwa   +13 more
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AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system caused by reactivation of JC virus (JCV).
Carolina de Oliveira Abrão, Lissa Rodrigues Machado da Silva, Luiz Carlos Silva Souza, Nathalia de Mello Bisso, Marília Dalva Turchi, Adriana Oliveira Guilarde   +5 more
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