Longitudinal involvement of the spinal cord in a patient with lupus related transverse myelitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 446-449

  Deodhar, Atul A ^a,b   Hochenedel, Todd ^a   Bennett, Robert M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS lupus; Longitudinal myelitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse cyclophosphamide; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROCODONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032935879     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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