Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis - A case series

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-371

  Madan, Sonia ^a,c   Aneja, S ^a   Tripathi, R P ^b   Batra, A ^b   Seth, Anju ^a   Taluja, Veena ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Methyl prednisolone; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 18644382872     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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