Disseminated encephalomyelitis in children

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 928-938

  Tenembaum, Silvia N ^a  

^a Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy; Consensus definitions; Disseminated encephalomyelitis; Multiphasic disseminated encephalomyelitis; Outcome; Paediatrics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 53349128324     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.12.018     Document Type: Article

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