The clinical course of idiopathic acute transverse myelitis in patients from Rio de Janeiro

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 992-998

  Alvarenga, Marina Papais ^a,c   Thuler, Luiz Claudio Santos ^a,b   Neto, Silvio Peçanha ^a,d   Vasconcelos, Claudia Cristina Ferreira ^a   Camargo, Solange Gomes ^c   Alvarenga, Marcos Papais ^a,c   Papais Alvarenga, Regina Maria ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DA LAGOA   (Brazil)

^d Clinica de Neurofisiologia Luiz Carlos Pinto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Brazil; Epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; AQP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD LESION; BRAIN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954426005     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5450-6     Document Type: Article

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