Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in Children: Focus on Relapsing Patients

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-17

  Suppiej, Agnese ^a   Vittorini, Roberta ^a   Fontanin, Marta ^a   De Grandis, Domenico ^b   Manara, Renzo ^a   Atzori, Matteo ^a   Gallo, Paolo ^a   Battistella, Pier Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b S Maria della Misericordia Rovigo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849091917     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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