Transverse myelitis associated with mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

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  • C C Tijssen
  • L J Endtz
چکیده

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:
  • Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

دوره 84 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1982