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Imaging in Pediatric Demyelinating and Inflammatory Diseases of Brain- Part 2

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Imaging plays an important role in diagnosis, management, prognostication and follow up of pediatric demyelinating and inflammatory diseases of brain and forms an integral part of the diagnostic criteria. This article reviews the spectrum of aquaporinopathies with an in-depth discussion on present criteria and differentiation from other demyelinating diseases with clinical vignettes for illustration; the latter part of article deals with the spectrum of CNS vasculitis.

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SVS: Draft of manuscript, collection of data and references; KM: Collection of data, preparation of clinical vignettes tables; SM: Refinement of draft; SG: Refinement of draft and will act as guarantor of the paper; MS: Approval of draft, contribution of cases and suggestions.

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  1. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India

    Sniya Valsa Sudhakar, Sunithi Mani & Sridhar Gibikote

  2. Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Karthik Muthusamy

  3. Department of Pediatric Neuroimaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    Manohar Shroff

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Sudhakar, S.V., Muthusamy, K., Mani, S. et al. Imaging in Pediatric Demyelinating and Inflammatory Diseases of Brain- Part 2. Indian J Pediatr 83, 965–982 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2052-z

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