| Literature DB >> 14718721 |
L K Hummers1, C Krishnan, L Casciola-Rosen, A Rosen, S Morris, J A Mahoney, D A Kerr, F M Wigley.
Abstract
Transverse myelitis (TM) is an idiopathic inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord. The authors observed cases of recurrent TM in patients where anti-Ro (SSA) antibodies were present and therefore performed a case-control study to examine the frequency of anti-Ro autoantibodies in patients with recurrent TM and control subjects. Antibodies to 52-kd Ro were demonstrated in 77% of cases (10/13) compared with only 33% of control subjects (4/12).Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 14718721 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000101715.32569.1a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910