What Is Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy? Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare and serious infection that attacks part of your brain. You can get it when your body ...

PML stands for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. It’s an aggressive viral disease of the central nervous system. The virus attacks cells that make myelin. Myelin is a fatty substance that ...

We describe a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) who had clinical stabilization and no progression as assessed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a result of treatment ...

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare subacute demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by the DNA JC human polyomavirus. In immunocompromised hosts, PML ...

February 19, 2009 — Three deaths from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and a possible fourth case have been reported in patients taking the immunosuppressant drug efalizumab (Raptiva, ...

Over the next month, the weakness progressed to flaccid paralysis of the right arm and the patient had a seizure. Repeat MRIs showed progression of confluent hyperintense white-matter lesions ...

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The Brief Reports on natalizumab were referred to Biogen Idec, the manufacturer, which offers the following response: After learning of one confirmed and one suspected case of progressive multifocal ...