Parainfectious myelitis: Three distinct clinico-imagiological patterns with prognostic implications

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-247

  Pradhan, S ^a   Gupta, R K ^a   Ghosh, D ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

demyelination; magneti c resonance imaging; myelitis; myelopathy; parainfectious; postinfective; spinal shock; transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030969625     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00105.x     Document Type: Article

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