Management of pediatric central nervous system demyelinating disorders: Consensus of United States neurologists

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 675-682

  Waldman, Amy T ^a   Gorman, Mark P ^b   Rensel, Mary R ^c   Austin, Tracy E ^d   Hertz, Deborah P ^d   Kuntz, Nancy L ^e   Acsadi, G ^f   Alper, G ^f   Bashir, K ^f   Bass, N ^f   Belman, A ^f   Chabas, D ^f   Chitnis, T ^f   Cohen, M ^f   Corboy, J ^f   Fernandez, A ^f   Fleming, J ^f   Frohman, E ^f   Giesser, B ^f   Hahn, J ^f   Islam, M ^f   Kantor, D ^f   Kaufman, M ^f   Krupp, L ^f   Lloyd, M ^f   Lotze, T ^f   Lucas, S ^f   Mar, S ^f   Mattson, D ^f   Michelson, D ^f   Mitchell, W ^f   Moodley, M ^f   Moses, H ^f   Ness, J ^f   Parker, C ^f   Rodriguez, M ^f   Rose, J ^f   Rubin, J ^f   Strober, J ^f   Vanderver, A ^f   Weinstock Guttman, B ^f   Weissman, B ^f   Wollack, J ^f   Yeh, A ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d National Multiple Sclerosis Society   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Box 51 ^*

Author keywords

acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; multiple sclerosis; optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NATALIZUMAB; RITUXIMAB;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; MONITORING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PHYSICIAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957591907     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810395141     Document Type: Article

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