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Lower motor neuron paralysis with extensive cord atrophy in parainfectious acute transverse myelitis

We describe a young patient of acute transverse myelitis (ATM) who developed true lower motor neuron (LMN) type flaccid paraplegia as a result of anterior horn cell damage in the region of cord inflammation that extended from conus upwards up to the D4 transverse level. We infer that flaccidity in a...

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Autores principales: Pradhan, Sunil, Kumar, Ajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25221410
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.138525