Clinical and diagnostic aspects of multiple sclerosis and acute monophasic encephalomyelitis in pediatric patients: A single centre prospective study

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-370

  Atzori, Matteo ^a,b   Battistella, P A ^b   Perini, P ^a,b   Calabrese, M ^a,b   Fontanin, M ^b   Laverda, A M ^b   Suppiej, A ^b   Drigo, P ^b   Grossi, P ^a,b   Rinaldi, L ^a,b   Gallo, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Children; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61849116665     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458508098562     Document Type: Article

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