Severe Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis With Clinical Findings of Transverse Myelitis After Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

Sarioglu B., Kose S. S., Saritas S., Kose E., Kanik A., Helvaci M.

JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY, vol.29, no.11, pp.1519-1523, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0883073813513334
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1519-1523
  • Keywords: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, herpes simplex virus, transvers myelitis, childhood, MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY, PLASMAPHERESIS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: ADEM is a central nervous disease that leads to myelin damage as a result of autoimmune response that develops after infections or vaccination. Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection rarely leads to ADEM.