Parainfectious conus myelitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-162

  Pradhan, Sunil ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Kapoor, Rakesh ^a   Shashank, Sneh ^a   Kathuria, Manoj K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Conus medullaris; Magnetic resonance imaging; Parainfectious myelitis; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; URINE RETENTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032509137     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00277-9     Document Type: Article

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