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Am J Ther. 2020 Apr 23;28(6):e748-e750. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001188.

Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Secondary to Adalimumab.

American journal of therapeutics

Mohamedanwar Ghandour, Ahmed Hashim, Ahmed S Yassin, Ammar ELJack, Hammam Shereef, Khalid Mohamed, Abid Elshekhidris, Daniel Singer

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nephrology, DMC/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
  2. Internal Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn, MI.
  3. Internal Medicine, Wayne State University/DMC, Detroit, MI.
  4. Internal Medicine, The National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan.
  5. Director of Neurology Department, Beaumont Hospital, MI.

PMID: 32341263 DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001188

[No abstract available.]

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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