Clinical outcome of children presenting with a severe manifestation of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 211-217

  Rostasy K ^a   Nagl, A ^a   Lutjen S ^b   Roll, K ^b   Zotter, S ^a   Blaschek, A ^c   Korenke, G C ^d   Karenfort, M ^e   Gotwald, T ^a   Holthausen, H ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Behandlungszentrum Vogtareuth ^*  (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADEM; cerebrospinal fluid; children; EDSS; follow up

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77953423500     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247518     Document Type: Article

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