The Changing Landscape of Childhood Inflammatory Central Nervous System Disorders

Giulia Longoni; Deborah M Levy; E Ann Yeh

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.054

The Changing Landscape of Childhood Inflammatory Central Nervous System Disorders

J Pediatr. 2016 Dec:179:24-32.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.054. Epub 2016 Oct 6.

Authors

Giulia Longoni¹, Deborah M Levy², E Ann Yeh³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: ann.yeh@sickkids.ca.

PMID: 27720407
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.08.054

No abstract available

Keywords: autoimmune; autoimmune encephalitis; central nervous system; demyelinating disorders; neuroinflammatory; neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder; paraneoplastic; pediatric.

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies
Biomarkers
Central Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis*
Central Nervous System Diseases / etiology
Central Nervous System Diseases / therapy
Child
Humans

Substances

Autoantibodies
Biomarkers