Aquaporin-4 antibody positive longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis following varicella zoster infection

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 184-186

  Heerlein, Kristin ^a   Jarius, Sven ^a   Jacobi, Christian ^a   Rohde, Stefan ^a   Storch Hagenlocher, Brigitte ^a   Wildemann, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4 antibody; Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis; Neuromyelitis optica; NMO IgG; Plasma exchange; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

5 (2 BROMOVINYL) 2' DEOXYURIDINE; ACICLOVIR; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIBODIES; AQUAPORIN 4; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 58149153121     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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