Diagnostic imaging in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-467

  Brinar, Vesna V ^a   Habek, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Clinical symptom; MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; STEROID;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT DISEASE; APHASIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSMETRIA; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; TREMOR; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649330205     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.10.9     Document Type: Review

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