Clinical/Scientific Notes: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy during fumarate monotherapy of psoriasis

Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e85-

  Hoepner, Robert ^a   Faissner, Simon ^a   Klasing, Anja ^a   Schneider, Ruth ^a   Metz, Imke ^b   Bellenberg, Barbara ^a   Lukas, Carsten ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Gold, Ralf ^a   Chan, Andrew ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMADERM; FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; FUMARIC ACID METHYL ESTER; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; LEVETIRACETAM; MEFLOQUINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIRTAZAPINE; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; JC VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 85020983616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23327812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000085     Document Type: Article

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