Multiple sclerosis with initial stroke-like clinicoradiologic features: Case report and literature review

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 732-737

  Przeklasa Auth, Melissa ^a   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^a,b   Yim, Catherine ^a,b   Shewmon, D Alan ^a,b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG USE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SMOKING HABIT; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; STROKE;

EID: 77952926539     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809342490     Document Type: Article

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