| Literature DB >> 1921948 |
Abstract
Acute myelopathies (acute transverse myelopathies) can be divided into two major groups. Vascular myelopathies are caused by aortic disease, surgery, or intrinsic vascular disease of cord vessels. Inflammatory/demyelinative myelopathies include lupus erythematosus, various viral infections, and primary demyelinating disease. Criteria for diagnostic decisions and recent data from magnetic resonance imaging are reviewed.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1921948
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurol Clin ISSN: 0733-8619 Impact factor: 3.806