TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Demyelinating Disease A1 - Narula, Sona A1 - Waldman, Amy T. A2 - Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 - Chiang, Vincent W. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - Acquired demyelinating syndromes encompass both acute and chronic immune-mediated disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) and include acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), optic neuritis (ON), transverse myelitis, multiple sclerosis (MS), and neuromyelitis optica (NMO). These disorders are all characterized by CNS inflammation. Although these syndromes overlap in their neurologic symptoms, the clinical severity, radiologic features, response to treatment, and prognosis for neurologic recovery vary between the disorders. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146120681 ER -