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Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Demyelinating process
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), also known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis, is a rare and usually fatal viral disease that is characterized by progressive damage (-pathy) or inflammation of the white matter (leuko-) of the brain (-encephalo-) at multiple locations (multifocal). It occurs almost exclusively in people with severe immune deficiency, such as transplant patients on immunosuppressive medications, patients receiving certain kinds of chemotherapy, patients receiving natalizumab (Tysabri) for multiple sclerosis, psoriasis patients on long-term efalizumab (Raptiva) or AIDS patients...
Demyelinating process - List of case studies
- Multiple Sclerosis_1
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hours in the right lower limb not to be attributed to the demyelinating disease. The diagnosis of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple ... , both often present especially early in the disease process. Therefore, there is now an almost universal consensus among experts ...
- Axonal and Demyelinative Sensorimotor Neuropathy
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predominantly axonal sensorimotor neuropathy with mild demyelinating features in the legs . EMG study revealed mild chronic ... is relatively normal and that the brunt of the disease process targets the sensory fibers.) The electrodiagnostic findings separated ...
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome / Acute Myeloradiculoneuritis
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lower limb was partially weak. EMG was interpreted as demyelinating sensorimotor neuropathy. MRI showed hyperintense signals at the ... from infectious disease (usually viral) or immune-mediated process , though often no viral agent is detected. I absolutely agree with the ...
- List of Examinations
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21 serum progesterone levels Deglutition tests Demyelinating process Dentascan (2 dental arches) Detailed EMG study (bulbar ...