Pathogenesis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and risks associated with treatments for multiple sclerosis: a decade of lessons learned

EO Major, TA Yousry, DB Clifford - The Lancet Neurology, 2018 - thelancet.com
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare, devastating demyelinating
disease of the CNS caused by the JC virus (JCV) that occurs in patients with compromised …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and other forms of JC virus disease

BJ Brew, NWS Davies, P Cinque, DB Clifford… - Nature Reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the brain
caused by the JC virus (JCV). PML usually occurs via reactivation of JCV when an immune …

Diagnosis of central nervous system complications in HIV-infected patients: cerebrospinal fluid analysis by the polymerase chain reaction

P Cinque, P Scarpellini, L Vago, A Linde, A Lazzarin - Aids, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Neurological complications afflict the majority of people who are infected with HIV. These
include opportunistic infections, tumours, vascular and metabolic complications, and also …

Analysis of the systemic and intrathecal humoral immune response in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

T Weber, C Trebst, S Frye, P Cinque… - The Journal of …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a subacute viral infection of
oligodendrocytes by JC virus occurring almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

T Weber - Neurologic clinics, 2008 - Elsevier
Progessive mulifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) incidence has increased about fivefold
due to the AIDS pandemic. The disease has an insidious onset with HIV infection as …

JC virus antibody status underestimates infection rates

JR Berger, SA Houff, J Gurwell, N Vega… - Annals of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective JC virus (JCV) seropositivity is a risk factor for progressive multifocal
leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients on natalizumab. Accordingly, the JCV serological …

Disappearance of cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal bands after natalizumab treatment of multiple sclerosis patients

F von Glehn, AS Farias… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Intrathecal immunoglobulin synthesis in an oligoclonal pattern is the most common
immunologic abnormality detected in MS patients. Various treatments, such as …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in multiple sclerosis

JJ Chalkley, JR Berger - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2013 - Springer
AIDS generated a significantly increased interest in the pathogenesis, clinical
manifestations, and treatment of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a …

[HTML][HTML] The pathogenesis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

JR Berger, K Khalili - Discovery medicine, 2011 - discoverymedicine.com
Interest in pathogenesis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) followed the
observation of the high risk for the disease in HIV infection and the recent observation of an …

Prevalence of long‐term BK and JC excretion in HIV‐infected adults and lack of correlation with serological markers

WA Knowles, D Pillay, MA Johnson… - Journal of medical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The natural history of polyomavirus infection, and sensitivity of diagnostic assays remain
unclear. A stratified group of 94 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐infected patients was …