Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 291380, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/291380
Case Report
A Rare Sequela of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
1Department of Internal Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA
2Department of Neurology, Howard University Hospital, 2041 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Received 22 March 2014; Accepted 13 May 2014; Published 26 May 2014
Academic Editor: Peter Berlit
Copyright © 2014 Vijay Kodadhala et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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