Serial MRI findings of acute flaccid myelitis during an outbreak of enterovirus D68 infection in Japan

Brain and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 443-451

  Okumura, Akihisa ^a   Mori, Harushi ^b   Fee Chong, Pin ^c   Kira, Ryutaro ^c   Torisu, Hiroyuki ^d   Yasumoto, Sawa ^e   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^f   Fujimoto, Tsuguto ^f   Tanaka Taya, Keiko ^f  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Gadolinium enhancement; Longitudinal spinal lesions; Outcome; Serial changes

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CAUDA EQUINA; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL ROOT; ENTEROVIRUS D68; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MENTAL HEALTH; MYELITIS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PONS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THALAMUS; VENTRAL ROOT; VIRUS GENOME; WHITE MATTER; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENTEROVIRUS D; GRAY MATTER; INFANT; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS; PARALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 85059033163     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2018.12.001     Document Type: Article

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