Acute transverse myelitis associated with coxiella burnetii infection [4]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1459-1461

  Waltereit, Robert ^a   Küker, Wilhelm ^a   Jürgens, Stefan ^a   Weller, Michael ^a   Dichgans, Johannes ^a   Wiendl, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; Q FEVER;

EID: 0036403815     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0823-0     Document Type: Letter

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