Isolated bilateral optic neuritis in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 815-817

  Bangsgaard, Regitze ^a   Larsen, Vibeke Andrée ^a   Milea, Dan ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; ADEM; Child; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION DEFECT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

BLINDNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750615856     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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