Post-vaccination encephalomyelitis: Literature review and illustrative case
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Post-vaccination encephalomyelitis: literature review and illustrative case.
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that is usually considered a monophasic disease. ADEM forms one of several categories of primary inflammatory demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system including multiple sclerosis, optic neuropathy, acute transverse myelitis, and neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease)....
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0967-5868
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.05.002