Iron status in children with recurrent episodes of tumefactive cerebral demyelination

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1401-1407

  Van Toorn, Ronald ^a   Schoeman, Johan F ^a   Solomons, Regan ^a   Rensburg, Megan A ^a   Van Rensburg, Susan J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ferritin; iron status; multiple sclerosis; tumefactive demyelination

Indexed keywords

IRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; IRON TRANSPORT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMEFACTIVE DEMYELINATION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 78650214393     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810366179     Document Type: Article

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