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. 1992 Jan;42(1):250-2.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.42.1.250.

Long-term follow-up of acute partial transverse myelopathy

B Ford  1 , D Tampieri, G Francis
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Long-term follow-up of acute partial transverse myelopathy

B Ford et al. Neurology. 1992 Jan.

Abstract

We carried out a prospective, long-term, combined clinical and MRI follow-up study on 15 patients hospitalized at the Montreal Neurological Institute between 1985 and 1988 with a diagnosis of acute partial transverse myelopathy of unknown etiology. Twelve of the 15 (80%) developed clinically definite or lab-supported definite multiple sclerosis (MS) by the end of a mean follow-up period of 38.5 months. The presence of CNS periventricular white matter lesions by cranial MRI at onset increased the likelihood of development of MS to 93%.

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  • Transverse myelopathy.
    Iwasaki Y, Kinoshita M. Iwasaki Y, et al. Neurology. 1992 Oct;42(10):2057. Neurology. 1992. PMID: 1407600 No abstract available.

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