Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with mycophenolate mofetil treatment in a woman with lupus and CD4+ T-lymphocyte deficiency

Lupus

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-102

  Pavlovic, A M ^a   Bonaci Nikolic, B ^a   Kozic, D ^b   Ostojic, J ^b   Abinun, M ^c   Svabic Medjedovic, T ^a   Nikolic, M ^a   Sternic, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD4+ T lymphocyte deficiency; mycophenolate mofetil; progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHORIORETINITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JC VIRUS; LEUKOPENIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RECURRENT INFECTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULITIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 83655164133     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: 14770962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203311416693     Document Type: Article

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