Relapsing cervical cord lesions on MRI in patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-

  Umehara, F ^a   Tokunaga, N ^a   Hokezu, Y ^b   Hokonohara, E ^a   Yoshishige, K ^a   Shiraishi, T ^a   Okubo, R ^a   Osame, M ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1 ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLLAKISURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; CERVICAL SPINE; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33644879494     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000194219.89668.66     Document Type: Article

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