Acute transverse myelitis and hepatitis C virus

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-47

  Annunziata, Pasquale ^a   Marroni, Massimo ^b   Francisci, Daniela ^b   Stagni, Giuliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Autoimmunity; Cerebrospinal fluid; Hepatitis C virus; Neurotropic viruses

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; GADOLINIUM; GENTAMICIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 18444405571     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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