A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) associated with peripheral neuropathy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 169-172

  Shiraiwa, Nobuko ^a   Yoshizawa, Toshihiro ^b   Ohkoshi, Norio ^c   Tamaoka, Akira ^b  

^a Tsukuba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADEM; High dose of methylprednisolone; IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin); Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 34249002315     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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