Eugene Major

Eugene (Gene) O. Major, PhD, is a senior investigator at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a division of the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH).

He has a research interest in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare and usually fatal viral disease caused by a weakened immune system, an occurrence that could follow treatment with Rituximab.

Dr Major is one of the Associate Investigators assigned to the NIH Post-Infectious ME/CFS Study.

Notable studies

 * 2009, Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy after rituximab therapy in HIV-negative patients: a report of 57 cases from the Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports project (Full text)
 * 2010, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in Patients on Immunomodulatory Therapies

Online presence

 * PubMed - Eugene Major

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