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**Virus destroys oligodendrocytes -> demyelination results.<ref name=pmid21823157>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mateen | first1 = FJ. | last2 = Muralidharan | first2 = R. | last3 = Carone | first3 = M. | last4 = van de Beek | first4 = D. | last5 = Harrison | first5 = DM. | last6 = Aksamit | first6 = AJ. | last7 = Gould | first7 = MS. | last8 = Clifford | first8 = DB. | last9 = Nath | first9 = A. | title = Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in transplant recipients. | journal = Ann Neurol | volume = 70 | issue = 2 | pages = 305-22 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/ana.22408 | PMID = 21823157 }} | **Virus destroys oligodendrocytes -> demyelination results.<ref name=pmid21823157>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mateen | first1 = FJ. | last2 = Muralidharan | first2 = R. | last3 = Carone | first3 = M. | last4 = van de Beek | first4 = D. | last5 = Harrison | first5 = DM. | last6 = Aksamit | first6 = AJ. | last7 = Gould | first7 = MS. | last8 = Clifford | first8 = DB. | last9 = Nath | first9 = A. | title = Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in transplant recipients. | journal = Ann Neurol | volume = 70 | issue = 2 | pages = 305-22 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/ana.22408 | PMID = 21823157 }} | ||
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*Suspected cases are biopsied - unlike other demyelinating diseases.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case336/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case336/dx.html]. Accessed on: 15 January 2012.</ref> | |||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
*Multifocal - as the name suggests. | *Multifocal - as the name suggests. | ||