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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: prevalence, main characteristics, and outcomes in a Brazilian center

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2023
Background Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) - immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has been rarely described in low- and middle-income countries.
Monize Nascimento Santana, Raphaela Ferrari, Arthur Cassa Macedo, Rosa Maria Nascimento Marcusso, Ruan de Andrade Fernandes, José Ernesto Vidal   +5 more
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Virus demyelination [PDF]

, 2003
A number of viruses can initiate central nervous system (CNS) diseases that include demyelination as a major feature of neuropathology. In humans, the most prominent demyelinating diseases are progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, caused by JC ...
Fazakerley, John K, Walker, Robert
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy treated with interleukin-7

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2020
Background: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare devastating brain infection caused by the JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) in patients with impaired cellular immune responses. In the absence of effective anti-viral therapy, it is unclear if
Karl B. Alstadhaug, Christine Hanssen Rinaldo, Liv Osnes, Irini Sereti, Hilde K. Ofte   +4 more
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Course of neuropsychological impairment during Natalizumab associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. [PDF]

, 2021
BACKGROUND Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) - an opportunistic infection of the central nervous system with the John Cunningham virus (JCV) - is a side-effect of Natalizumab (NTZ) treatment for relapsing remitting (RR) multiple ...
Kinner, M, Andew Chan, Ralf Gold, Hoepner, R, Christoph Schroeder, Christian Prehn, Ruth Schneider, Kolb, E, Robert Hoepner, Prehn, C, Markus Kinner, Schneider, R, Schroeder, C, Eva Kolb, Chan, A, Gold, R   +15 more
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The Modern Value of Clinical Autopsies

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2015
Keywords: Autopsy; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; HIV Infections; Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal.
Carlos Marques Pontinha
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Myoclonus as an unusual presentation of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a HIV positive patient [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2012
From mild muscular contractions to gross jerks affecting the whole body, myoclonus is an involuntary movement caused by an excessive discharge from a group of neurons located in one or multiple sites from cortical to peripheral level.
Lucian Chicea, Elena Cecilia Rosca, Ovidiu Rosca, M. Ciolan, Mihaela Simu   +4 more
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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Inebilizumab Versus Rituximab in AQP4‐IgG‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rituximab (anti‐CD20, RTX) and inebilizumab (anti‐CD19, INE) represent B‐cell‐depleting therapies used for aquaporin‐4 antibody‐positive (AQP4‐IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); however, direct comparative evidence remains limited.
Jie Lin, Binbin Xue, Dewei Xie, Jia Li, Juyuan Pan, Lanbing Zhu, Qiaowen Tong, Jing Lin, Ruofan Zhu, Xu Zhang, Junhui Xia, Xiang Li   +11 more
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Does Mefloquine (Lariam®) Therapy Improve the Prognosis of Human JC Polyomavirus-Induced Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy? [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2014
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is ademyelinating disease caused by infection with Polyomavirus hominis 2, popularly known as JC virus (JCV).
Zlatko Kalvatchev, Iliya Tsekov
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Concurrent progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and central nervous system infiltration by multiple myeloma: A case report

, 2018
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy rarely occurs in patients with multiple myeloma. Intracranial central nervous system invasion is also an uncommon event in multiple myeloma, occurring in less than 1% of cases. We describe herein an exceptional
Yanira Ruiz-Heredia, Hernández Laín, Aurelio, Inmaculada Rapado, Luis Collado, Santiago Barrio, Keith Stewart, Ruiz Heredia, Yanira, Joaquin Martinez-Lopez, Juan Ruiz, Oscar Toldos, Linares Gómez, María, Braggio, Esteban, Esteban Braggio, Aurelio Hernandez-Lain, Rapado, Inmaculada, Toldos González, Óscar, Collado Yurrita, Luis Rodolfo, Ana Ramos, Stewart, Keith, María Linares, Sánchez Vega, Beatriz, Martínez López, Joaquín, Ruiz Albusac, Juan Miguel, M Dolores Folgueira, Beatriz Sanchez-Vega, Ramos González, Ana, Barrio, Santiago, Folgueira López, María Dolores   +27 more
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Treatment of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy [PDF]

QJM, 2013
Sir, I was very interested to read Pallin et al. ’s1 account of the management of an immunosuppressed patient with sarcoidosis …
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