Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with AQP4 antibodies revealing ovarian teratoma

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 145-147

  Frasquet, Marina ^a   Bataller, Luis ^a,c   Torres Vega, Estefanía ^a,c   Durán Moreno, María ^b,c   García Verdugo, José M ^b,c   Sevilla, Teresa ^a,c   Rivas, Salvador ^a   Pérez Miralles, Francisco ^a   Simó Castelló, María ^a   Casanova, Bonaventura ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLURRED VISION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MONOCYTE; MYELITIS; OVARY TERATOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PARESTHESIA; PLASMA CELL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; TRANSVERSE MYELITIS;

ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TERATOMA;

EID: 84884817718     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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