Concomitant Transverse Myelitis and Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy in an Adolescent

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 378-381

  Howell, Katherine B ^a,b   Wanigasinghe, Jithangi ^a   Leventer, Richard J ^a,b   Ryan, Monique M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MYELITIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 35348914928     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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