Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis treated with plasmapheresis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 561-563

  RamachandranNair, Rajesh ^a,b   Parameswaran, M ^a   Girija, A S ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Demyelinating disease; Encephalomyelitis; Immunotherapy; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PTOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETREATMENT;

EID: 26044442609     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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