Progressive ascending myelopathy: Atypical forms of multiple sclerosis or what else?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1965-1970

  Nociti, Viviana ^a,b   Batocchi, Anna Paola ^a   Luigetti, Marco ^a   Conte, Amelia ^a   Lorusso, Vita Santa ^a   Roiati, Silvia ^a   Tartaglione, Tommaso ^a   Del Grande, Alessandra ^a   Sabatelli, Mario ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Progressive myelopathy; Respiratory failure; Tetraparesis; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSIVE ASCENDING MYELOPATHY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS;

EID: 84857681924     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6050-9     Document Type: Article

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