Vasculitis and rheumatologic diseases may play role in the pathogenesis of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 322-324

  Sabayan, B ^a   Zolghadrasli, Abdolali ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION; VASCULITIS;

ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34249329270     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.10.061     Document Type: Article

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