Acute transverse myelitis caused by Coxsackie virus B5 infection

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 66-68

  Minami, K ^a   Tsuda, Y ^a   Maeda, H ^a   Yanagawa, T ^a   Izumi, G ^a   Yoshikawa, N ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Coxsackie virus infection; Magnetic resonance images; Steroids

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; COXSACKIE VIRUS B5; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROPATHY; FECES; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SERUM; SPINAL CORD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 1542407387     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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