Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. The disease has a typical onset with sudden neurological symptoms days or weeks after a viral infection or immunization. Measels, rubella, mumps and varicella have been blamed most frequently among viral agents and rabies, diphteria, tetanus, measles, influenza and hepatitis B ...

INTRODUCTION Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an immune mediated disease of the brain. Although it occurs in all ages, most reported cases are in children and adolescents. The aims of this study were to study the clinical pattern and outcome of ADEM in children in a tertiary center in Upper Egypt and to determine the effect of combined use of steroids and IVIg on outcome. METHOD...

Department of Radiology and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, SNUMRC, Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Department of Radiology, CHA Hospital, Pochon CHA University College of Medicine Received February 4, 2006 ; Accepted July 31, 2006 Address reprint requests to : In-One Kim, M.D., Department of Radiology, Seoul Na...

Objetivos: la encefalomielitis aguda desmielinizante (ADEM) es un desorden monofásico de origen inmunológico, que resulta en lesiones desmielinizantes el sistema nervioso central (SNC). El objetivo este trabajo describir caso inusual paciente joven síndrome Evans se asoció a ADEM, sin mediara una infección viral o vacunación previa conocidas.
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