Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Case 34-2002

Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Case 34-2002

In a recent study of 40 adults with acute demyelinating episodes,16 26 had isolated events consistent with a diagnosis of ADEM, whereas additional neurologic symptoms developed within a year in the other 14, who were thus given a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Forty-five percent of the patients wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2002-10, Vol.347 (18), p.1433
Hauptverfasser: Cabot, Richard C, Harris, Nancy Lee, McNeely, William F, Shepard, Jo-Anne O, Ebeling, Sally H, Ellender, Stacey M, Peters, Christine C, Ravin, Paula, Hedley-Whyte, E Tessa
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Sprache:eng
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Encephalitis
Medical diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:In a recent study of 40 adults with acute demyelinating episodes,16 26 had isolated events consistent with a diagnosis of ADEM, whereas additional neurologic symptoms developed within a year in the other 14, who were thus given a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Forty-five percent of the patients with ADEM had had previous infections, as compared with only 14 percent of the patients with multiple sclerosis.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406