Definitions
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- noun inflammation of the white matter of the brain
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A study released in March in the medical journal Blood linked Rituxan to 57 cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis, or PML, between 1997 and 2008.
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Present in 70\% to 90\% of human beings, the virus, once activated, inflames the white matter of the brain - a condition known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis (PML) - which has no cure and is almost always fatal.
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Present in 70\% to 90\% of human beings, the virus, once activated, inflames the white matter of the brain - a condition known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis (PML) - which has no cure and is almost always fatal.
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A brain biopsy and a spinal tap confirmed the diagnosis of a swiftly moving and often fatal viral brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis (PML) that attacks the brain's white matter.
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Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis Hurst’s disease
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis Hurst’s disease
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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