Idiopathic transverse myelitis: Corticosteroids, plasma exchange, or cyclophosphamide

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1614-1617

  Greenberg, B M ^a   Thomas, K P ^a   Krishnan, C ^a   Kaplin, A I ^a   Calabresi, P A ^a   Kerr, D A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PLASMAPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248222650     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000260970.63493.c8     Document Type: Article

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