Two cases of lumbosacral myeloradiculitis with anti-aquaporin-4 antibody

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1826-1828

  Takai, Yoshiki ^a   Misu, Tatsuro ^a   Nakashima, Ichiro ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^b   Itoyama, Yasuto ^c   Fujihara, Kazuo ^a   Aoki, Masashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yonezawa National Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; AREFLEXIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONSTIPATION; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; LEG; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBOSACRAL MYELORADICULITIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; RELAPSE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL ROOT;

EID: 84871229909     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182703ff7     Document Type: Article

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