Predicting the motor outcome of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis by apparent diffusion coefficient imaging: Two case reports

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 123-126

  Kawashima, Shoji ^a   Matsukawa, Noriyuki ^a   Ueki, Yoshino ^a   Yamada, Kentaro ^a   Sakurai, Keita ^b   Yamawaki, Takemori ^a   Ojika, Kosei ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADEM; Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) imaging; Internal capsule; Motor disturbance; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONVALESCENCE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFLEX DISORDER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 63349099563     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.358     Document Type: Article

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