Transverse myelitis and polymyositis associated with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 713-716

  Mori, Atsuko ^a   Nodera, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Nakane, Syunya ^c   Kaji, Ryuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; Inflammation; Muscle; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOREFLEXIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYALGIA; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMYOSITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; WEAKNESS;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; POLYMYOSITIS;

EID: 77956190645     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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