Two patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after repeated injection of extracts from several different plants are described. There was no evidence of prior infection or vaccination. Both patients recovered rapidly after treatment with methylprednisolone. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis should be considered a rare complication of parenteral therapy with herbal extracts.

introduction human brucellosis is a public health problem worldwide. neurobrucellosis is a rare and severe form of systemic infection and has a broad range of clinical syndromes. case presentation we reported a 21-year-old woman who was referred to our clinic with a subacute onset of fever, myalgia, and weakness of right foot, which gradually progressed and involved lower limbs and culminated i...

background: experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae) is an animal model of multiple sclerosis, which is a demyelinating and an inflammatory disease of central nervous system. recent studies have established that some molecules such as lipocaline2 (lcn2), which expresses during inflammatory conditions, play an important role in eae pathogenesis and might involve in its treatment process. r...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is known as a progressive central nervous system inflammatory disease. certain factors, such as interleukins, inflammatory cells, and oxidative stress are supposed to involve in ms etiology. because of the important role of oxidative stress, antioxidant therapy for ms has received more attention. although coenzyme q10 (coq10) acts as an antioxidant, there is ...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune inflammatory, demyelinating disease of human central nervous system. experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae) is the commonly used animal model of ms. calorie restriction has been found to reduce inflammation and autoimmune responses and promote neuroprotection. in this study we evaluated the effects of intermittent feeding protocol of the calorie...