Transverse myelitis in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome: A case report

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 851-855

  Takamura, Yukio ^a   Morimoto, Shigefumi ^a   Tanooka, Atsushi ^a   Yoshikawa, Junpei ^a  

^a Kushiro City General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

anticardiolipin antibody; antiphosholipid syndrome; transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELITIS; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 0029794025     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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