Pediatric acute transverse myelitis overview and differential diagnosis

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1426-1436

  Wolf, Varina L ^a   Lupo, Pamela J ^a   Lotze, Timothy E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute transverse myelitis; acute weakness; demyelinating; myelopathy; pediatric

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; STEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBOLISM; EYE EXAMINATION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84867720014     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812452916     Document Type: Review

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