Encephalitis during interferon beta-1a treatment in a child with optic neuritis

Neurology. 2010 Feb 2;74(5):435-6. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ccc504.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / adverse effects*
  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / therapeutic use*
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interferon beta-1a
  • Interferon-beta / adverse effects*
  • Interferon-beta / therapeutic use*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Optic Neuritis / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Carbamazepine
  • Interferon-beta
  • Interferon beta-1a