A young woman was diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) after being vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, neurologists in Europe said. The case report involved a 19-year-old woman ...

We reviewed all cases of ADEM diagnosed among persons age < 20 years evaluated at the Children's Hospital and Health Center, the University of California, San Diego Medical Center and ...

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a monophasic, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that predominately affects prepubertal children. It is typically characterized by an ...

ADEM is a rare neurological, autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the central nervous system causing damage to myelin. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug ...

A 27 year-old woman presented with the acute onset of rapidly progressive quadriplegia and confusion associated with fever and headache. She had a mumps, rubella and measles vaccination ten days ...

Distinguishing between a first episode of multiple sclerosis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children who present with an initial demyelinating event can be a clinical challenge. New brain ...

Many clinicians do not consider neurologic complications of the flu when discussing vaccination or treatment of influenza with families. A recent study that explored the neurologic impact of flu in ...

Rates of subsequent myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) following an acute illness were roughly the same between people whose acute illness was due to COVID-19 and those who ...

A 35 year-old woman presented with fever, headache and confusion. Over the next week she continued to deteriorate neurologically, eventually becoming comatose with bilateral long tract signs. Acute ...