Acute myelitis after asthma attacks with onset after puberty

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 665-668

  Horiuchi, Izumi ^a   Yamasaki, Kenji ^a   Osoegawa, Manabu ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Okayama, Akio ^a   Kurokawa, Tomomi ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Hopkins' syndrome; Mite; Myelitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE; THEOPHYLLINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DENERVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOPKINS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELITIS; NERVE POTENTIAL; ONSET AGE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASTHMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS; PUBERTY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 0034055565     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.5.665     Document Type: Article

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