Partial acute transverse myelitis is a predictor of multiple sclerosis in children

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1485-1493

  Meyer, P ^a,b   Leboucq, N ^c   Molinari, N ^c   Roubertie, A ^a,d   Carneiro, M ^a   Walther Louvier, U ^a   Cuntz Shadfar, D ^a,c   Leydet, J ^a   Cheminal, R ^a   Cambonie, G ^c   Echenne, B ^a   Rondouin, G ^c   Deiva, K ^e,f   Mikaeloff, Y ^e,g   Rivier, F ^a,b  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Montpellier University Medical Center   (France)

^e BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Neuroradiology   (France)

^g Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

acute transverse myelitis; magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; pediatric

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SPINAL CORD; ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MCDONALD CRITERIA; NEUROIMAGING; PARTIAL ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; RELAPSE; SYMPTOM; VERHEY CRITERIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84921020058     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458514526943     Document Type: Article

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