What is acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 239-242

  Tardieu, Marc ^a,b   Mikaeloff, Yann ^a,b  

^a Department de Neurologie Pediatrique   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Agiitis; Encephalitis; Macrophage activation syndrome; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULITIS;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SYNDROME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 4444319222     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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