Idiopathic recurrent transverse myelitis with syringomyelia: A case report

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-231

  Eser, Olcay ^a   Yaman, Mehmet ^a   Coşar, Murat ^a   Petik, Bülent ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adiyaman Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC RECURRENT TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA; URINE INCONTINENCE; ATROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL CORD;

ATROPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 41749086517     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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