Researchers from University of Bologna detail findings in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

"The aim of the present study was to collect and compare cases of drug-induced PML in order to contribute to the debate about the role of the underlying diseases and/or drug immunosuppression in PML occurrence. We searched for drug-induced PML cases in two international spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) report databases, FDA-AERS and WHO-VigiBase," scientists in Bologna, Italy report (see also Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy).

"From MEDLINE, we retrieved case reports and case series containing the MESH term ''leukoencephalopathy, progressive multifocal/chemically induced''. In order to assess the PML-drug relationship, we analysed drug-reaction pairs in terms …