Transverse myelitis with Brown-Sèquard syndrome after H1N1 immunization.

نویسندگان

  • Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva Vieira
  • Carlos Henrique N Costa
  • Chrystiany Plácido de B Vieira
  • Maria do Amparo S Cavalcanti
  • Sebastião P Ferreira-Filho
چکیده

1Neurologist of Nathan Portella Tropical Diseases Institute, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina PI, Brazil; 2Nathan Portella Tropical Diseases Institute, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina PI, Brazil; 3Faculdade NOVAFAPI, Teresina PI, Brazil. Correspondence: Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva Vieira; Rua São Pedro 2.133; 64001-380 Teresina PI Brasil; E-mail: [email protected] Conflict of interest: There is no conflict of interest to declare. Received 10 January 2012; Received in final form 09 March 2012; Accepted 16 March 2012. Durrant DH, True JM. Spinal cord syndromes and guide to neurological 1. levels. In: Durrant DH, True JM (Eds). Myelopathy, radiculopathy and peripheral entrapment syndromes. Washington, DC: CRC Press, 2002:139-157.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

دوره 70 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012