Attention deficits following ADEM ameliorated by guanfacine

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 688-690

  Singh Curry, Victoria ^a   Malhotra, Paresh ^a,b   Farmer, Simon F ^b,c   Husain, Masud ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; GUANFACINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISORDERS OF HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPATIAL NEGLECT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; GUANFACINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; THALAMUS;

EID: 77957994713     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.195792     Document Type: Article

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