Clinically isolated acute transverse myelitis: Prognostic features and incidence

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1295-1302

  Young, John ^a   Quinn, Stephen ^b   Hurrell, Mike ^a   Taylor, Bruce ^b,c  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Incidence; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEW ZEALAND; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450162648     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509345906     Document Type: Article

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