Clinical and laboratory characteristics of atopic myelitis: Korean experience

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 154-158

  Yoon, Jung Han ^a   Joo, In Soo ^a   Li, Wen Yu ^a   Sohn, Seong Yeon ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atopy; HyperIgEemia; Myelitis; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC MYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPER IGE SYNDROME; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KOREA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MITE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD LESION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KOREA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69549127826     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.06.033     Document Type: Article

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