Acute myelitis in a patient with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korea)

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-64

  Gu, Shaojuan ^a   Liu, Yu ^b   Song, Zhi ^a   Zi, Xiaohong ^a   Deng, Hao ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myelitis; Pathogenesis; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887838756     PISSN: 17386586     EISSN: 20055013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2013.9.1.61     Document Type: Article

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