Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: A review of 18 cases in childhood

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 336-342

  Gupte, G ^a   Stonehouse, M ^b   Wassmer, E ^b   Coad, N A G ^a   Whitehouse, W P ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Children; Demyelination; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042335654     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00154.x     Document Type: Review

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