title: Inflammatory demyelinating disorders of childhood: experience with six children.
abstract: Demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) in children pose diagnostic and prognostic difficulties in clinical practice. In this report, we describe our experience with inflammatory demyelinating disorders of CNS in six children, classified as per the proposed criteria by the Pediatric Multiple Sclersois Study Group. We emphasize the importance of appropriate diagnosis and follow-up to distinguish transient inflammatory demyelinating diseases from chronic inflammatory demyelinating diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, India. drarathi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Arathi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: Janani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sankar
authors.forename: Kumaresan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ganapathi
mesh_terms: D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male