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PML in a patient with myasthenia gravis treated with multiple immunosuppressing agents
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016.
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Abstract
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is an often fatal opportunistic infection of the JC virus resulting in demyelination of the CNS. PML is well-described in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) exposed to natalizumab. PML is rare in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) and is also rare following rituximab exposure. We report PML in a patient with MG after immunosuppression that includes rituximab.
- Subjects :
- business.industry
Opportunistic infection
viruses
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
medicine.medical_treatment
Multiple sclerosis
JC virus
virus diseases
Case
Immunosuppression
medicine.disease
medicine.disease_cause
Myasthenia gravis
Natalizumab
immune system diseases
Immunology
medicine
Rituximab
Neurology (clinical)
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fbd763b192a9f9c00613d943d10147ca