Highlights
- •Fingolimod treatment may be associated with VZV vasculopathy in MS patients.
- •Fingolimod related VZV vasculopathy can develop in the absence of prior shingles.
- •Lymphopenia is a risk factor for fingolimod-associated VZV reactivation.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 26, 2019
Accepted:
June 24,
2019
Received in revised form:
June 14,
2019
Received:
May 26,
2019
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