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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
Pender, Michael P. (1995-01-01). Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis. In Pender, Michael P. and McCombe, Pamela A. (Ed.), Autoimmune Neurological Disease (pp. 155-165) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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| Author(s) |
Pender, Michael P.
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| Title of chapter |
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
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| Title of book |
Autoimmune Neurological Disease
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| Place of Publication |
Cambridge, UK
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| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication year |
1995-01-01
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| Editor(s) |
Pender, Michael P.
McCombe, Pamela A.
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| Chapter number |
5
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| Start page |
155
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165
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| Subjects |
321013 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
320207 Autoimmunity
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| Abstract/Summary |
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) (post-infectious encephalomyelitis or post-vaccinal encephalomyelitis) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system (CNS). Typically it follows infection by a virus, but it may also follow infection by other agents or may complicate vaccination. Sometimes it occurs without any obvious triggering
factors. The clinical manifestations are diverse and include presentation with acute transverse myelitis. Acute haemhorrhagic leukoencephalitis is a rare and more severe form of ADEM with a high
mortality and morbidity. There is good evidence that ADEM and acute haemhorrhagic leukoencephalitis are autoimmune diseases similar to acute experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and
hyperacute EAE repectively.
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| Keyword(s) |
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
ADEM
demyelination
autoimmune diseases
autoimmunity
central nervous system
CNS
acute haemhorrhagic leukoencephalitis
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| Additional Notes |
Reproduced from Pender, Michael P. and McCombe, Pamela A. (1995) Autoimmune Neurological Disease, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, with permission.
http://www.cambridge.org/asia/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521461139
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