Acute transverse myelitis in childhood: Nine cases and review of the literature

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 631-639

  Knebusch, Martin ^a   Strassburg, Hans Michael ^a   Reiners, Karlheinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031686905     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15430.x     Document Type: Article

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