Transverse myelitis in immunocompetent children;Mielitis transversa en inmunocompetentes

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-180

  Onate Vergara E ^a,b   Sota Busselo, I ^a   Garcia Santiago J ^a   Gaztanaga Exposito R ^a   Nogues Perez A ^a   Ruiz Benito, M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Pediatría   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4744337797     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13064599     Document Type: Article

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