Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis following vaccination with nasal attenuated novel influenza A(H1N1) vaccine

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1018-1020

  Akkad, Wafa ^a   Salem, Bassel ^a   Freeman, Jerome W ^a   Huntington, Mark K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1 VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 77955444082     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.167     Document Type: Article

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