Plasmapheresis in fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Brain and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 424-426

  Miyazawa, Reiko ^a,b   Hikima, Akio ^a   Takano, Yoko ^a   Arakawa, Hirokazu ^a   Tomomasa, Takeshi ^a   Morikawa, Akihiro ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tone Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Corticosteroid; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0034801937     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(01)00256-X     Document Type: Article

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