Neuromyelitis optica preceded by hyperCKemia and a possible association with coxsackie virus group A10 infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2665-2668

  Okada, Hiroaki ^a   Wada, Manabu ^a   Sato, Hiroyasu ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshitaka ^a   Tanji, Haruko ^a   Kurokawa, Katsuro ^a   Kawanami, Toru ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^b   Kato, Takeo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Coxsackie virus; HyperCKemia; Neuromyelitis optica; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN; MYOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCKEMIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; CREATINE KINASE; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84888804462     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.1042     Document Type: Article

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