Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis-like manifestations in a patient with neuro-Behçet disease

Neurologist

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 282-284

  Haghighi, Afshin Borhani ^a,b   Ashjazadeh, Nahid ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Motaharri Clinic   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM); Beh et syndrome; Brain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GABAPENTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; RANITIDINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SPINAL CORD; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 70349744188     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31818e096e     Document Type: Article

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