Therapeutic Approach to the Management of Pediatric Demyelinating Disease: Multiple Sclerosis and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 84-95

  Brenton, J Nicholas ^a   Banwell, Brenda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired demyelinating syndrome; Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Pediatric multiple sclerosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BETA INTERFERON; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FINGOLIMOD; FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; NATALIZUMAB; OCRELIZUMAB; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TERIFLUNOMIDE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED;

CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84955416482     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-015-0396-0     Document Type: Review

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