Inflammatory demyelinating disorders of childhood: experience with six children.
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.
Srinivasan
Arathi
A
Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, India. drarathi@gmail.com
Sankar
Janani
J
Ganapathi
Kumaresan
K
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