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Clinical Trial
. 2005 Dec 27;65(12):1950-3.
doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000188896.48308.26.

Idiopathic acute transverse myelitis: application of the recent diagnostic criteria

J de Seze  1 , C Lanctin, C Lebrun, I Malikova, C Papeix, S Wiertlewski, J Pelletier, O Gout, C Clerc, C Moreau, G Defer, G Edan, F Dubas, P Vermersch
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Idiopathic acute transverse myelitis: application of the recent diagnostic criteria

J de Seze et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

Despite an extensive diagnostic workup, some cases of acute transverse myelitis (ATM) remain of unknown etiology and have been referred to as "idiopathic" by the Transverse Myelitis Consortium group. In a retrospective study of 288 patients with ATM, 45 cases (15.6%) met the criteria for idiopathic ATM. The patients formed a relatively homogeneous group in terms of clinical and MRI data, but the prognosis was highly variable.

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