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Clinical and Radiological Characterization of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in HIV-Infected Patients: A Retrospective Analysis and Review of the Literature

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2015
Introduction: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system caused by John Cunningham virus, mostly associated with immunodeficiency conditions, such as the human immunodeficiency virus infection ...
Luís Augusto, Nélia Neves, Carina Reis, Cândida Abreu, António Sarmento   +4 more
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JC Polyomavirus, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a review

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2020
The human neurotropic virus JC Polyomavirus, a member of the Polyomaviridae family, is the opportunistic infectious agent causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, typically in immunocompromised individuals.
Vijay Harypursat, Yihong Zhou, Shengquan Tang, Yaokai Chen   +3 more
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Asymptomatic progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background We report the development of asymptomatic progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with multiple sclerosis on natalizumab therapy.
Yinan Zhang, Crystal Wright, Angela Flores   +2 more
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Cerebral lesions in hematological malignancies: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a rare central nervous system disease, resulting from reactivation of latent John Cunningham virus.
Nicoletta D’Ettore, Valentina Scheggi, Brunetto Alterini, Niccolò Marchionni   +3 more
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy triggered by COVID-19 in a previously asymptomatic person living with undiagnosed HIV infection

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
This report presents the case of a 47-year-old male patient who worked as a mathematics teacher and experienced the sudden onset of disorientation, aphasia, and acalculia during an online class.
Yago Marcos Pessoa-Gonçalves, Thaís Soares Farnesi-de-Assunção, Marlos Aureliano Dias de Sousa, Luis Marcos Ferreira, Junior, Beatriz Sodré Matos, Anna Victória Bernardes Borges, Ana Carolina de Morais Oliveira-Scussel, Alex Eduardo da Silva, Carlo José Freire Oliveira, Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Virmondes Rodrigues, Junior   +10 more
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy after Treatment with Nivolumab

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is increasingly being reported in patients undergoing immunotherapy. We report a case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy after treatment with nivolumab, a PD-1 blocker that is used to restore ...
Martin Martinot, Guido Ahle, Inesa Petrosyan, Camille Martinez, Dragos M. Gorun, Mahsa Mohseni-Zadeh, Samira Fafi-Kremer, Martine Tebacher-Alt   +7 more
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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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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: new concepts

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the CNS caused by reactivation of JC virus (JCV) in a setting of cellular immunosuppression.
Marco A. Lima
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: rheumatological aspects

Современная ревматология, 2015
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a severe progressive viral disease that affects the central nervous system in patients with immunodeficiency.
Boris Sergeevich Belov
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Smoldering myeloma presenting as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is an opportunistic infection occurring in patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency. This case highlights the role of cellular immunodeficiency in the reactivation of John Cunningham virus in ...
Troppmann Martina, Büttner Roland, Böwer Michael, Salzberger Bernd   +3 more
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