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n. - 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.
  • 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)...
  • 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...
  • Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis Hurst’s disease
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