Noun
PML (uncountable)
(abbreviation) progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Benazir Bhutto’s Peoples Party of Pakistan has not joined the street protests being staged by the PML (Nawaz), the Jamaat and other parties in the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD). Source: Internet
Around 20% of MS patients with PML die, and most of the rest are very disabled. Source: Internet
As of May 2011, over 130 cases of PML had been reported in MS patients, all in patients who had taken natalizumab for more than a year. Source: Internet
Cause JC virus infection The cause of PML is a type of polyomavirus called the JC virus (JCV), after the initials of the person from whose tissue the virus was first successfully cultured. Source: Internet
PML bodies are named after one of their major components, the promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML). Source: Internet
Prognosis One third up to one half of people with PML die in the first few months following diagnosis, depending on the severity of their underlying disease. Source: Internet