The head MRI by fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) was useful for diagnosis in the patient with post influenza vaccinal acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-406

  Iyoda, Kuniaki ^a   Mitsuda, Naomi ^a   Ogawa, Kazunori ^a   Okazaki, Tomio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; WHITE MATTER;

CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544294886     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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