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Clinical Presentation and outcome of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in Saudi Arabia

Tertiary Center Experience

Bander Ali Aldamkh, Abdalaziz F. Alamer, Mohammed M. Altuwaijri, Mohammed A. Alrumayyan, Abdulaziz H. Alhaqbani, Nawaf A. Alharthi, Saeed A. Aldamkh, Amjad S. Aldrees, Muhammad T. Alrifai, Waleed Altuwaijri and Ahmed Alrumayyan
Neurosciences Journal April 2019, 24 (2) 89-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2019.2.20180017
Bander Ali Aldamkh
From the College of Medicine (Aldamkh B, Alamer, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan, Alhaqbani, Aldamkh S, Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from Pediatric Neurology (Alharthi, Aldrees), and from the Division of Neurology (Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdalaziz F. Alamer
From the College of Medicine (Aldamkh B, Alamer, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan, Alhaqbani, Aldamkh S, Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from Pediatric Neurology (Alharthi, Aldrees), and from the Division of Neurology (Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed M. Altuwaijri
From the College of Medicine (Aldamkh B, Alamer, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan, Alhaqbani, Aldamkh S, Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from Pediatric Neurology (Alharthi, Aldrees), and from the Division of Neurology (Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed A. Alrumayyan
From the College of Medicine (Aldamkh B, Alamer, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan, Alhaqbani, Aldamkh S, Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from Pediatric Neurology (Alharthi, Aldrees), and from the Division of Neurology (Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz H. Alhaqbani
From the College of Medicine (Aldamkh B, Alamer, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan, Alhaqbani, Aldamkh S, Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from Pediatric Neurology (Alharthi, Aldrees), and from the Division of Neurology (Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nawaf A. Alharthi
From the College of Medicine (Aldamkh B, Alamer, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan, Alhaqbani, Aldamkh S, Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from Pediatric Neurology (Alharthi, Aldrees), and from the Division of Neurology (Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saeed A. Aldamkh
From the College of Medicine (Aldamkh B, Alamer, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan, Alhaqbani, Aldamkh S, Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from Pediatric Neurology (Alharthi, Aldrees), and from the Division of Neurology (Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amjad S. Aldrees
From the College of Medicine (Aldamkh B, Alamer, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan, Alhaqbani, Aldamkh S, Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from Pediatric Neurology (Alharthi, Aldrees), and from the Division of Neurology (Alrifai, Altuwaijri, Alrumayyan), Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Muhammad T. Alrifai
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Waleed Altuwaijri
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Ahmed Alrumayyan
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