The Aim of the Present Study is to Determine Outcome Predictors in Children Who Were Diagnosed as Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM). (ADEM disease)

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Encephalomyelitis; Encephalopathy; Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07540182

ADEM disease

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to determine outcome predictors in children who were diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM).

Full description

Outcome predictors in children with Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 months to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged from 6 months old to 18 years.
• Presence of clinical signs of acute encephalopathy with multifocal neurological deficits.
• MRI findings suggestive of demyelinating lesions.

Exclusion criteria

• Pediatric patients diagnosed who were as multiple sclerosis.
• Pediatric patients with clinical signs and radiological findings suggestive of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
• Pediatric patients with infectious encephalitis.
• Pediatric patients with metabolic or genetic neurological disorders