Acute disseminating encephalomyelitis in neuromyelitis optica: Closing the floodgates

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-271

  Eichel, Roni ^a   Meiner, Zeev ^a   Abramsky, Oded ^a   Gotkine, Marc ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AQUAPORINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 39049108348     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2007.59     Document Type: Article

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