Acute transverse myelitis with normal brain MRI: Long-term risk of MS

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-93

  Perumal, J ^a   Zabad, R ^a,b   Caon, C ^a   MacKenzie, M ^a   Tselis, A ^a   Bao, F ^a   Latif, Z ^a   Zak, I ^a   Lisak, R ^a   Khan, O ^a,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain MRI; Clinically isolated syndrome; Multiple sclerosis; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38549158459     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-007-0686-5     Document Type: Article

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