The long (-itudinally extensive) and the short of it: Transverse myelitis in children

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1447-1449

  Banwell, Brenda L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADL DISABILITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; VACCINATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 34247623165     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000264553.99997.45     Document Type: Editorial

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