Effective immune restoration after immunosuppressant discontinuation in a lupus patient presenting progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 246-249

  Lefèvre, Guillaume ^a   Queyrel, Viviane ^a   Maurage, Claude Alain ^a   Laurent, Charles ^a   Launay, David ^a   Lacour, Arnaud ^a   Charlanne, Hilaire ^a   Morell Dubois, Sandrine ^a   Lambert, Marc ^a   Maillard, Hélène ^a   Vermersch, Patrick ^a   Hachulla, Eric ^a   Hatron, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; JC virus; Mycophenolate mofetil; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPARINIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; JC VIRUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENINGEAL HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; SEIZURE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 70449100746     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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