Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: current controversies in diagnosis and outcome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2013-2024

  Koelman, Diederik L H ^a,b   Mateen, Farrah J ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Autoimmune diseases; Encephalopathy; Postinfectious

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84941994097     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7694-7     Document Type: Review

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