ADHD as Sequel to Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

J. Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-6

ADHD as Sequel to Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 30 (2016): Issue 2

By: J. Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Apr 2016

Abstract

Investigators from Ruth Children's Hospital, Haifa, and Schneider Medical Center, Petah Tikuah, Israel, evaluated the long-term motor and neurocognitive outcome of 43 children hospitalized during 2002-2012 with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), and identified prognostic risk factors.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 15 - 15

Submitted on: Mar 21, 2016

Accepted on: Mar 28, 2016

Published on: Apr 5, 2016

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis,

Behavioral Problems

© 2016 J. Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 30 (2016): Issue 2