Hyper Acute Demyelinating Encephalomyelitis of Childhood: A Rare Entity

A young child with catastrophic neurological illness diagnosed as a rare variant of acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM). She succumbed to her illness despite of aggressive and appropriate management. Malignant demyelinating encephalomyelitis should be considered in children who are refracto...

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Autores principales: Kushwaha, Suman, Gupta, Ashutosh, Agarwal, Neha, Chaturvedi, Sujata, Jha, Deepak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5586132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904469
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_52_17
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Sumario:A young child with catastrophic neurological illness diagnosed as a rare variant of acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM). She succumbed to her illness despite of aggressive and appropriate management. Malignant demyelinating encephalomyelitis should be considered in children who are refractory to the treatment of ADEM.

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