Acute transverse myelitis in childhood: A single centre experience from North India
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- 作者：Renu Suthara ; drrenusuthar@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Naveen Sankhyana ; drnsankhyan@yahoo.co.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jitendra K. Sahua ; Jsh2003@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Niranjan K. Khandelwalb ; khandelwaln@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Sunit Singhic ; sunit.singhi@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Pratibha Singhia ; doctorpratibhasinghi@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Acute transvers myelitis (ATM) ; Children ; Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) ; Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMODS) ; Outcome
- 刊名：European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：20
- 期：3
- 页码：352-360
- 全文大小：298 K
文摘
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Acute transverse myelitis is a severe monophasic illness in developing countries.
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Outcome is guarded with one third children are left with major neurological sequelae.
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Delayed diagnosis and delayed initiation of steroid therapy was associated with poor outcome.
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Genetic and ethnic differences might be responsible for lack of progression to MS in our cohort.