Measles with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-74

  Chowdhary, Javed ^a,b   Ashraf, S M ^a   Khajuria, K ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^b GB Pant General Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Inflammatory encephalomyelitis; Measles; Post infectious encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DROWSINESS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MEASLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION;

BRAIN; CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEASLES;

EID: 58849113448     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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