Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in a Patient With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Treated With Ocrelizumab Monotherapy
Author(s) -
Arpan Patel,
James Sul,
Marc L. Gordon,
Jared Steinklein,
Shayna Y. Sanguinetti,
Bidyut K. Pramanik,
Dushyant P. Purohit,
Vahram Haroutunian,
Alex Williamson,
Igor J. Koralnik,
Asaff Harel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298
H-Index - 231
eISSN - 2168-6157
pISSN - 2168-6149
DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.0627
Subject(s) - medicine , ocrelizumab , progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy , jc virus , multiple sclerosis , surgery , immunology , rituximab , lymphoma
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is an opportunistic infection caused by the JC virus that has no proven effective treatment. Although rare cases of PML have occurred with other anti-CD20 therapies, there had been no prior cases associated with ocrelizumab.
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