Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients with rheumatic diseases: are patients with systemic lupus erythematosus at particular risk?

ES Molloy, LH Calabrese - Autoimmunity reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
… Nearly two thirds of cases of PML in patients with rheumatic diseases reported in … patients
with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Over 40% of PML cases in SLE occurred in patients

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic literature review

CE Henegar, AM Eudy, V Kharat, DD Hill, D Bennett… - Lupus, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
… To determine risk factors for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, and understand how underlying disease or treatment …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a national estimate of frequency in systemic lupus erythematosus and other rheumatic diseases

ES Molloy, LH Calabrese - … Journal of the American College of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… * A total of 9,675 cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) were identified
according to the discharge code. Of those, 9,113 were associated with a defined risk factor …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and systemic lupus erythematosus: focus on etiology

S Ghaderi Berntsson, E Katsarogiannis… - Case Reports in …, 2016 - karger.com
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) caused by reactivation of the JC virus (…
autoimmune disorders, most frequently in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We describe a …

Mefloquine improved progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

M Beppu, M Kawamoto, S Nukuzuma, N Kohara - Internal Medicine, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… We describe a case of a 67-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus who … , a brain
biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). The …

Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with rituximab

HE Harris - Rheumatology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… Sir, Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare but usually fatal …
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and PML has not previously been reported in a patient

A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a lupus patient treated with belimumab

CA Fredericks, KA Kvam, J Bear, GS Crabtree… - Lupus, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… B-cell activation plays a key role in the pathophysiology of systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE), leading to increased formation of antibody-producing plasma cells, increased secretion …

Systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, and T-CD4+ lymphopenia

M Brandão, J Damásio, A Marinho, AM da Silva… - Clinical reviews in …, 2012 - Springer
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare opportunistic infection caused
by the reactivation of JC virus and occurs in patients with … , particularly in patients treated with …

Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Consequence of Patient-Intrinsic or-Extrinsic Factors?

E Emmanouilidou, D Kosmara, E Papadaki… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a … may be higher for systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE), without, … -year-old female lupus patient under mild immunosuppressive …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy complicating systemic lupus erythematosus

P Newton, RD Aldridge, AM Lessells… - … : Official Journal of the …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
… We describe 2 patients with SLE who developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
(PML). We have found only 2 accounts of other such cases in the English literature. We …