Catastrophic demyelinating encephalomyelitis after intrathecal and intravenous stem cell transplantation in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 632-635

  Alderazi, Yazan J ^a   Coons, Stephen W ^a   Chapman, Kevin ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclophosphamide; encephalomyelitis; multiple sclerosis; stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CATASTROPHIZING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATING ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PARENCHYMA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RELAPSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDNISONE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84860299681     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811422831     Document Type: Article

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