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ArticleCureus2021

Adult-Onset Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Refractory to Steroids.

Abdulla J AlZeera, Aysha Alkhaja, Dana H Noor, Sayed Mohamed R Alsaffar

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Abdulla J AlZeeraInternal Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical University of Bahrain, Busaiteen, BHR.
Aysha AlkhajaNeurology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, BHR.
Dana H NoorMedicine, King Hamad University Hospital, Busaiteen, BHR.
Sayed Mohamed R AlsaffarConsultant Neurologist, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, BHR.
Broward Health Medical Center · USZen-Noh (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an immune-mediated phenomenon characterized by demyelination of the central nervous system that displays numerous manifestations. It predominantly presents in children with a mean age range of five to eight years. ADEM remains a diagnosis of exclusion based on clinical and radiographic progression. Thus, it poses a diagnostic challenge. ADEM has been shown to be very responsive to steroids and exchange therapy. Here, we present an unusual case of ADEM in a 50-year-old female patient who, despite receiving an entire course of IV methylprednisolone and other conventional treatment methods, did not respond to the treatment.

Indexed as

acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (adem)adult-onsetcentral nervous systemdemyelinationneuroimaging

Identifiers

PMID34659929
PMCPMC8504557
OpenAlexW3206645902

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