Transverse Myelitis in Systemic Sclerosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-128

  Torabi, Amir M ^a   Patel, Rahul K ^b   Wolfe, Gil I ^a   Hughes, Charlece S ^a   Mendelsohn, Dianne B ^a   Trivedi, Jaya R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; URINARY URGENCY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346688729     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.1.126     Document Type: Article

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