Acute myelitis with hyperIgEaemia and mite antigen specific IgE: Atopic myelitis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 676-679

  Kira, Jun Ichi ^a   Kawano, Yuji ^a   Yamasaki, Kenji ^a   Tobimatsu, Shozo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HyperIgEaemia; Mite antigen specificity; Myelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MITE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031924207     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.5.676     Document Type: Article

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