Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with rituximab [4]

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 224-225

  Harris, Helen E ^a  

^a Cameron Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIDOFOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; REMISSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38649109840     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem299     Document Type: Letter

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