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Case Reports
. 1984 Jan;59(1):80-2.
doi: 10.1136/adc.59.1.80.

Transverse myelitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

P I MacFarlane, V Miller
Case Reports

Transverse myelitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

P I MacFarlane et al. Arch Dis Child. 1984 Jan.

Abstract

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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