Transverse myelitis: Comparison with spinal cord presentations of multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 429-433

  Scott, Thomas F ^a,c   Bhagavatula, Kumar ^a   Snyder, Peter J ^a   Chieffe, Carol ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Allegheny Neurological Associates   (United States)

^c East Wing Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031909193     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.429     Document Type: Article

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