5-HT2a inhibitors for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: old drugs for an old disease

J Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 15;197(2):328; author reply 328-9. doi: 10.1086/524877.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • JC Virus / isolation & purification
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / complications
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / drug therapy*
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / pathology
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / virology
  • Male
  • Mianserin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Mianserin / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Mirtazapine
  • Polycythemia Vera / complications
  • Polycythemia Vera / pathology
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Antagonists*

Substances

  • Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Antagonists
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • Mianserin
  • Mirtazapine