Neuromyelitis Optica in a Young Child With Positive Serum Autoantibody

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-212

  Loma, Ingrid P ^a   Asato, Miya R ^a,b   Filipink, Robyn A ^a   Alper, Gulay ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LIMB WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NEURITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 49749102391     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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