Cervical myelopathy caused by Whipple's disease

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1505-1506

  Clarke, C E ^a   Falope, Z F ^a   Abdelhadi, H A ^a   Franks, A J ^b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031843041     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.5.1505-a     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Relman DA, Schmidt TM, MacDermott RP, Falkow S. Identification of the uncultured bacillus of Whipple's disease. N Engl J Med 1992;327: 293-301.
2. Pollock S, Lewis PD, Kendal B. Whipple's disease confined to the nervous system. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1981;44:1104-1109.
3. Halperin JJ, Landis DMD, Kleinman GM. Whipple's disease of the nervous system. Neurology 1982;32:612-617.
4. Adams M, Rhyner PA, Day J, DeArmond S, Smuckler EA. Whipple's disease confined to the central nervous system. Ann Neurol 1987;21: 104-108.
5. Adler CH, Galetta SL. Oculo-facial-skeletal myorhythmia in Whipple's disease: treatment with ceftriaxone. Ann Intern Med 1990;112:467-469.
6. Cohen L, Berthet K, Dauga C, Thivart L, Pierrot-Deseilligny C. Polymerase chain reaction of cerebrospinal fluid to diagnose Whipple's disease. Lancet 1996;347:329.
7. Lynch T, Odel J, Fredericks DN, et al. Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Tropheryma whippelii in central nervous system Whipple's disease. Ann Neurol 1997;42:120-124.