acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a case series and review of literatures

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mohammad sadegh rezai department of pediatric infectious disease, antimicrobial resistant nosocomial infection research center, mazandaran university of medical sciences, sari, iran

mehrdad taghipour genius student committee, student research committee, faculty of medicine, mazandaran university of medical sciences, sari, iran

fariborz azizi genius student committee, student research committee, faculty of medicine, mazandaran university of medical sciences, sari, iran

ali abbaskhanian department of pediatric neurology, antimicrobial resistant nosocomial infection research center, mazandaran university of medical sciences, sari, iran

abstract

abstract acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (adem) is a rare immune mediated and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that usually affects children. it as a monophasic disorder related with multifocal neurologic symptoms. here in this paper we report seven cases of adem in pediatrics and besides a review of literatures are presented.

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journal of pediatrics review

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