Extensive acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young girl responding to intravenous methylprednisolone

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Verma, Rajesh ^a   Patil, Tushar B ^a   Lalla, Rakesh ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THALAMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 84886658112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009222     Document Type: Article

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