Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Introduction
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy:
Progressive multifocal
leukoencephalopathy (PML) is an infrequent disorder of the nervous system
that primarily affects individuals with suppressed immune ... more about Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy.
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Progressive degenerative condition of the brain.
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causes, and treatments of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy is available below.
Symptoms of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
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Treatments for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Complications
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Causes of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden inability to speak.
This was...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis.
The condition goes...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked.
This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI),...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return.
A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion syndrome and these were...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines...read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency
is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis).
See symptoms of Vitamin...read more »
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Rare Types
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Prognosis for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Prognosis for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy:
Poor. Progressive debilitation. Commonly death within 1-4 years.
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Clinical Trials for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy include:
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Article Excerpts about Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Progressive multifocal
leukoencephalopathy (PML) is an infrequent disorder of the nervous system
that primarily affects individuals with suppressed immune systems
(including, allograft recipients such as kidney transplant patients;
patients with cancers such as leukemia or lymphoma; and nearly 10% of
patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The disorder,
which is
caused by a common human polyomavirus, JC virus, is characterized
by demyelination or destruction of the myelin sheath that covers nerve
cells.
The myelin sheath is the fatty covering — which acts as an
insulator — on nerve fibers in the brain.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy:
Demyelination in various part of the central nervous system, usually secondary to neoplastic disease; JC virus has been recovered from brain tissue.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, or a subtype of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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