Refractory Fulminant Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in an Adult

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is characterized by its rapid progression with variable symptoms and severity in adults and children. Multiple therapeutic options have been proposed, but solid evidence is yet to be gathered. We describe an adult man with a fulminant form of ADEM unrespon...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez-Porcel, Federico, Hornik, Alejandro, Rosenblum, Jordan, Borys, Ewa, Biller, José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Neuroscience
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25566176
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00270
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author Rodríguez-Porcel, Federico
Hornik, Alejandro
Rosenblum, Jordan
Borys, Ewa
Biller, José
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description Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is characterized by its rapid progression with variable symptoms and severity in adults and children. Multiple therapeutic options have been proposed, but solid evidence is yet to be gathered. We describe an adult man with a fulminant form of ADEM unresponsive to numerous treatment modalities.
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spelling pubmed-42749832015-01-06 Refractory Fulminant Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in an Adult Rodríguez-Porcel, Federico Hornik, Alejandro Rosenblum, Jordan Borys, Ewa Biller, José Front Neurol Neuroscience Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is characterized by its rapid progression with variable symptoms and severity in adults and children. Multiple therapeutic options have been proposed, but solid evidence is yet to be gathered. We describe an adult man with a fulminant form of ADEM unresponsive to numerous treatment modalities. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4274983/ /pubmed/25566176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00270 Text en Copyright © 2014 Rodríguez-Porcel, Hornik, Rosenblum, Borys and Biller. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Rodríguez-Porcel, Federico
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Rosenblum, Jordan
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Refractory Fulminant Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in an Adult
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title_fullStr Refractory Fulminant Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in an Adult
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title_short Refractory Fulminant Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in an Adult
title_sort refractory fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (adem) in an adult
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274983/
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