Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Transplant Recipients with Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

Antibodies against PD1 have been used to treat progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare brain disease caused by JC virus. We used these antibodies (nivolumab) to treat PML in 3 kidney transplant recipients. All died within 8 weeks of diagnosis. Hence, nivolumab did not improve PML ou...

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Autores principales: Medrano, Chloé, Vergez, François, Mengelle, Catherine, Faguer, Stanislas, Kamar, Nassim, Del Bello, Arnaud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625858
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190705

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625858
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190705

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