Clinical, Radiologic, and Therapeutic Analysis of 14 Patients with Transverse Myelitis Associated with Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Report of 4 Cases and Review of the Literature

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-357

  Rodrigues, Carlos Ewerton Maia ^a   de Carvalho, Jozélio Freire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DANAZOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; MYELITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PLASMAPHERESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751701664     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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