Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is an advancing viral
inflammation of the white matter of the brain. Immunosuppressed
people are more susceptible to this disorder than the general
population. Evidence of the disease may be a person's recent loss
of coordination and weakness, progressing to a loss of language,
visual problems and headaches.
Review Date: 02/06/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, and Department of
Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
