Neuromyelitis optica with very late onset

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1138-1140

  Lefaucheur, Romain ^a   Bourre, Bertrand ^a   Ahtoy, Patrick ^a   Ozkul, Ozlem ^a   Tollard, Eléonore ^a   Hannequin, Didier ^a   Maltête, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; ONSET AGE; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRA;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PREDNISONE; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 79958809385     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03435.x     Document Type: Letter

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