Encephalitis
(Apr 2022)
A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following human papillomavirus quadrivalent vaccination
Mina Lee,
Moo-Young Ahn,
Hakjae Roh
Affiliations
Mina Lee
Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Moo-Young Ahn
Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Hakjae Roh
DOI
https://doi.org/10.47936/encephalitis.2021.00136
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2,
no. 2
pp.
54
– 57
Abstract
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a rare autoimmune demyelinating disease associated with preceding infection or vaccination. Herein, we report a case of refractory fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis that occurred 25 days after Gardasil vaccination (Merck).
Keywords
Published in Encephalitis
ISSN
2765-4559 (Print)
2734-1461 (Online)
Publisher
Korean Encephalitis and Neuroinflammation Society
Country of publisher
Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects
Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website
https://www.encephalitisjournal.org/
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