Transverse myelitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
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Transverse myelitis associated with mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
A case of acute transverse myelitis associated with respiratory infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae is described. Circulating antibodies to myelin were detected suggesting that mycoplasma related neurological damage is mediated by producing an immunological myelopathy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.59.1.80