creators_name: Kumar, Satish
creators_name: Sharma, Mohit
creators_name: Sharma, Ashok
creators_name: Raina, Rajiv
creators_id: docsatishkumar@gmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2008-06-02 00:32:55
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:08
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title: An Interesting Case Of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), Monophasic, Exanthematous fevers
abstract: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an uncommon inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. The disease typically occurs after infections or vaccinations. However, in many patients with ADEM, no evidence of prior infection or vaccination can be found. We are reporting a patient who developed clinical and radiological features of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after trauma of repeated attempts at lumber puncture for spinal anesthesia
date: 2008-04-10
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 7
number: 1
publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Kumar, Satish and Sharma, Mohit and Sharma, Ashok and Raina, Rajiv  (2008) An Interesting Case Of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6092/1/2008-1-11.pdf