Acute Transverse Myelitis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case of Rapid Diagnosis and Complete Recovery

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 387-390

  Habr, Fadlallah ^a,b   Wu, Barry ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URINE RETENTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 0031904186     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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