Multiphasic demyelinating disorder with acute transverse myelitis in Japanese [6]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 624-626

  Fukazawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Seiji ^b   Niino, Masaaki ^b   Yabe, Ichiro ^b   Hamada, Takeshi ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^b  

^a Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 0037902624     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1056-6     Document Type: Letter

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