Descriptive study of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and evaluation of functional outcome predictors

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-16

  Panicker, J N ^a   Nagaraja, D ^a   Kovoor, J M E ^a   Subbakrishna, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Impaired consciousness; Modified rankin scale; Outcome; Prognosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLADDER DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; SEIZURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951699132     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.62425     Document Type: Article

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