Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-21

  Properzi, Enrico ^a   Spalice, A ^a   Terenzi, S ^a   Tozzi, M C ^a   Iannetti, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADEM; Immunoglobulin; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS REACTION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0037322475     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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