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Neuroimaging in Acute Transverse Myelitis

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 2011
Transverse myelitis is an acute inflammatory condition. A relatively rare condition, the diversity of causes makes it an important diagnostic challenge. An approach to the classification and work-up standardizes diagnostic criteria and terminology to facilitate clinical research, and forms a useful tool in the clinical work-up for patients at ...
Patricia Desmond
exaly   +3 more sources

Acute transverse myelitis: A practical reappraisal

Autoimmunity Reviews, 2009
Acute transverse myelitis (ATM), a subgroup of various conditions that cause transverse spinal cord syndromes, is an inflammatory and usually idiopathic spinal cord disease. Idiopathic ATM is diagnosed according to established criteria which mainly assure a clinical picture of bilateral symptoms and signs attributable to spinal cord disease, existence ...
Maria JOSÉ Sa
exaly   +3 more sources

Rehabilitation results of patients with acute transverse myelitis.

Bratislavske lekarske listy, 2011
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of rehabilitation in patients with acute transverse myelitis (ATM).The patients were included in rehabilitation program in the rehabilitation unit. Spasticity of the patients was evaluated by modified Ashworth scale at baseline and at the end of treatment.
MISTIK, Selçuk, KIRNAP, Mehmet, ÇALIŞ, Mustafa, DEMİR, Hüseyin, Calis, H.   +4 more
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Acute lumbosacral transverse myelitis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2013
We report two patients with idiopathic acute lumbosacral myelitis, a rare form of acute transverse myelitis. Both patients developed urinary retention, moderate motor and sensory paresis of the lower extremities, severe sensory deficit in the anogenital region and reduced deep tendon reflexes.
Takao, Hashimoto, Kosuke, Naito
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Acute transverse myelitis

Neurology, 2005
Acute noncompressive myelopathies were first recognized in the 19th century, and early pathologic studies identified both inflammatory and vascular etiologies.1–3 The terms acute transverse myelitis (ATM) and acute transverse myelopathy have been used interchangeably to describe a syndrome characterized by anterior and posterior (hence transverse ...
Bruce A.C. Cree, Dean M. Wingerchuk
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Immunopathogenesis of acute transverse myelitis

Current Opinion in Neurology, 2002
Acute transverse myelitis is a group of disorders characterized by focal inflammation of the spinal cord and resultant neural injury. Acute transverse myelitis may be an isolated entity or may occur in the context of multifocal or even multisystemic disease.
Douglas A, Kerr, Harold, Ayetey
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