Life-saving decompressive craniectomy for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a child: A case report

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1121-1124

  Granget, Emilie ^a   Milh, Mathieu ^a   Pech Gourg, Gregoire ^a   Paut, Olivier ^a   Girard, Nadine ^a   Lena, Gabriel ^a   Scavarda, Didier ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN EDEMA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84863722182     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1733-9     Document Type: Article

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