Subacute longitudinal myelitis associated with Behcet's disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-347

  Fukae, Jiro ^a   Noda, Kazuyuki ^a   Fujishima, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^b   Hattori, Nobutaka ^c   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Elderly; Long cord lesion; MRI; Myelitis; Neuro Behcet's disease

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCYTOPENIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; BEHCET SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELITIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77749330290     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2175     Document Type: Article

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