Anti-Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Associated With Gray Matter Predominant Transverse Myelitis Mimicking Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Presentation of Two Cases

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2018, Pages 42-45

  Wang, Cynthia ^a   Narayan, Ram ^a   Greenberg, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Demyelinating; Myelitis; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONUS MEDULLARIS; GRAY MATTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINALLY EXTENSIVE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MYELIN-OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL;

EID: 85050813179     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.06.003     Document Type: Article

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