Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after dengue
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and dengue fever: comment.
We read with interest the case of dengue encephalopathy by Kanade and Shah1 and have the following comments to offer: The authors have correctly listed the three types of neurological manifestations associated with dengue infection1. We would like to add ‘acute disseminated encephalomyelitis’ (ADEM) to the list of post-infection neurological manifestation of dengue fever. ADEM is a monophasic, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: IDCases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2214-2509
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00862