Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children: A single institution experience of 28 patients

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 64-71

  Hung, Po Cheng ^a   Wang, Huei Shyong ^a   Chou, Ming Liang ^a   Lin, Kuang Lin ^a   Hsieh, Meng Ying ^a   Wong, Alexm C ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acute; children; disseminated; encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859191009     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: 14391899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1309309     Document Type: Article

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