Clinical, immunological and MRI features of myelitis with atopic dermatitis (atopic myelitis)

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-61

  Kira, Jun ichi ^a   Kawano, Yuji ^a   Horiuchi, Izumi ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Imayama, Shuhei ^b   Furue, Masutaka ^b   Yamasaki, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; IgE; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Mite; Myelitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DISABILITY; DYSESTHESIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; MYELITIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032921562     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00291-3     Document Type: Article

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