title: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: recognition in the hands of general paediatricians.
abstract: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis will often present to the general paediatrician as an acute polysymptomatic encephalopathy, and initially the diagnosis may not be clear. A brain MRI scan is essential in establishing the diagnosis and so enabling appropriate advice and treatment to be given. Multicentre clinical audit of outcome and controlled therapeutic trials are needed to secure an evidence base for current practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stonehouse
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gupte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wassmer
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010372:Pediatrics; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents