HyperCKemia related to the initial and recurrent attacks of neuromyelitis optica

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2617-2620

  Deguchi, Shoko ^a   Deguchi, Kentaro ^a   Sato, Kota ^a   Yunoki, Taijun ^a   Omote, Yoshio ^a   Morimoto, Nobutoshi ^a   Kurata, Tomoko ^a   Ikeda, Masami ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^b   Aoki, Masashi ^b   Abe, Koji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; HyperCKemia; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABNORMAL VISION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSARTHRIA; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCKEMIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

CREATINE KINASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NERVE; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84867859527     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7898     Document Type: Article

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