High anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005 Jun;20(6):1246-7. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfh756. Epub 2005 Mar 15.

Authors

Stefaan J Vandecasteele¹, Bart Maes, Kathleen Claes, Raf Sciot, Yves Vanrenterghem

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, Sint-Jans Hospital, Brugge, Belgium.

PMID: 15769818
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh756

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
Cidofovir
Cytosine / analogs & derivatives
Cytosine / therapeutic use
DNA / immunology*
Disease Progression
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
JC Virus / isolation & purification
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / diagnosis
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / drug therapy
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / epidemiology*
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / immunology*
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / virology
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / epidemiology*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology*
Middle Aged
Organophosphonates / therapeutic use

Substances

Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
Organophosphonates
Cytosine
DNA
Cidofovir