Acute transverse myelitis: A practical reappraisal

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-131

  Sá, Maria José ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Neuromyelitis optica; Paraneoplastic myelitis; Sj gren syndrome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GABAPENTIN; GADOLINIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; PHENYTOIN; TIZANIDINE;

ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER SPASM; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATIGUE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 70350569389     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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