Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis suspected for isolated Neuro-Behçet: A diagnostic conundrum

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 395-399

  Al Sawaf, Abdullah ^a   Berger, Joseph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar meningitis; Beh et's disease; HLA B51; LETM; Transverse myelitis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; GABAPENTIN; HLA B51 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINALLY EXTENSIVE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGITIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NEURO BEHCET DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUTROPHILIC PLEOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETINA VASCULITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; VIBRATION; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84941614057     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: 22110356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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