Current concepts in the diagnosis of transverse myelopathies

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 919-927

  Brinar, Vesna V ^a   Habek, Mario ^a   Zadro, Ivana ^a   Barun, Barbara ^a   Ozretić, David ^a   Vranješ, Davorka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Clinically isolated syndrome; Disseminated encephalomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Transverse myelopathies

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 53349165216     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.07.002     Document Type: Review

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