Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 705-717

  Javed, Adil ^a   Khan, Omar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADEM; EAE; Histology; MRI; MS; NMO; Pathogenesis; Prognosis; Treatment; Variants

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADEM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NMO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT; VARIANTS;

ADEM; EAE; HISTOLOGY; MRI; MS; NMO; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT; VARIANTS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS;

EID: 84903996298     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00035-3     Document Type: Chapter

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