Neuromyelitis optica preceded by hyperCKemia episode

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1543-1545

  Suzuki, N ^a   Takahashi, T ^b   Aoki, M ^a   Misu, T ^a   Konohana, S ^c   Okumura, T ^c   Takahashi, H ^d   Kameya, S ^d   Yamaki, K ^d   Kumagai, T ^e   Fujihara, K ^a   Itoyama, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yonezawa National Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ono Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d Departments of Ophthalmology   (Australia)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPERCREATINEKINASEMIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; MYOSITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77952220751     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181dd445b     Document Type: Article

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