Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children: Discordant neurologic and neuroimaging abnormalities and response to plasmapheresis

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 431-436

  Khurana, Divya S ^a,b   Melvin, Joseph J ^a   Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a   Valencia, Ignacio ^a   Hardison, H Huntley ^a   Yum, Sabrina ^a   Faerber, Eric N ^a   Legido, Agustin ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Immunoglobulin; Immunomodulation; Matter; MRI; White

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLASMAPHERESIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33644629858     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2038     Document Type: Review

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