Acute myelitis associated with hyperIgEemia and atopic dermatitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-203

  Kira, Jun ichi ^a   Yamasaki, Kenji ^a   Kawano, Yuji ^a   Kobayashi, Takuro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; IgE; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Mite; Multiple sclerosis; Myelitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MALE; MITE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0031589957     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)05369-0     Document Type: Article

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