Acute hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis in childhood: Case report and literature review

Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-51

  Borlot, Felippe ^a   Da Paz, José Albino ^a   Casella, Erasmo Barbante ^a   Marques Dias, Maria Joaquina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; acute hemorrhagic; childhood

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 80052699252     PISSN: 18171745     EISSN: 19983948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.84408     Document Type: Review

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