Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in China, Singapore and Japan: a comparison with the USA

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 391-396

  Koelman, D L H ^a,b   Benkeser, D C ^c   Xu, Y ^d   Neo, S X ^e   Tan, K ^e   Katsuno, M ^f   Sobue, G ^f   Natsume, J ^f   Chahin, S ^g   Mar, S S ^h   Venkatesan, A ⁱ   Chitnis, T ^a   Hoganson, G M ^h   Yeshokumar, A K ⁱ   Barreras, P ⁱ   Majmudar, B ^h   Carone, M ^j   Mateen, F J ^a,k  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^e NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; cohort studies; demyelination; international comparison; multiple sclerosis; neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN; STEROID;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ICD-9; JAPAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007394233     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.13220     Document Type: Article

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