Evaluation of the cases with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 547-550

  Tosun, Ayse ^a   Serdaroglu, Gul ^a   Polat, Muzaffer ^a   Tekgul, Hasan ^a   Gokben, Sarenur ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Children; Cytomegalovirus; Demylimating disease

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 67349105927     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-009-0069-2     Document Type: Article

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