Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an immune mediated disease of brain. It usually occurs following a viral infection or vaccination, but it may also appear spontaneously. It is similar in some ways to multiple sclerosis, and is considered part of the Multiple sclerosis borderline.

“Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis” is strongly related to:

Idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases Modified Rankin Scale Neuromyelitis optica Coxsackievirus Leptospira Expanded Disability Status Scale Mycoplasma pneumoniae Borrelia burgdorferi Venule Affect Hemiparesis Varicella zoster virus First-line treatment Hepatitis B virus Enterovirus Plasmapheresis Streptococcus pneumoniae Orthomyxoviridae Methylprednisolone Cerebral hemisphere Japanese Encephalitis Transverse myelitis Epstein-Barr virus Peripheral neuropathy Mitoxantrone Optic neuritis Basal ganglia Pertussis Brain stem Cyclophosphamide Herpes simplex virus Prednisolone Cytomegalovirus Dexamethasone Hepatitis A Rubella Myelin Autoimmunity Parasitism Ataxia

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