A case of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM): Neuromyelitis optica

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 67-69

  Mangat, Pamela ^a   Ravindran, Janakan ^a   Cleland, Les ^a   Limaye, Vidya ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM); Neuromyelitis optica; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLURRED VISION; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LONGITUDINALLY EXTENSIVE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEURITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACIC CAVITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGG DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 56349088787     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0936-7     Document Type: Article

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