Transverse Myelitis Ppts and recently published articles

Transverse myelitis is a neurological disorder caused by inflammation across both sides of one level, or segment, of the spinal cord. The segment of the spinal cord at which the damage occurs determines which parts of the body are affected.

Acute  Myelopathies
Darrell Laudate
Spinal Lesions.ppt

Diseases of the Spinal Cord
Stacy Rudnicki, MD
http://www.uams.edu/m2004/scdis.ppt

Neurology  Review
Stephen Deputy,  MD
SSPE - [Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis]
Dave  Fitzhugh, MD
Neurology  Review-SSPE.ppt

Atrial  Myxoma
Dave  Fitzhugh, MD
Atrial  Myxoma.ppt

Infectious  Disease Board Review
Dave  Fitzhugh, MD
Infectious  Disease Board Review.ppt

Acute Transverse  Myelitis
Param  Vidwan
Acute Transverse  Myelitis.ppt

Recently pulbished articles

1. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis as the sole presentation of neuro-Behçet's disease responding to infliximab.
2. Clinical features of ultra longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis.
3. Epstein-Barr virus infection and acute transverse myelitis.
4. Urinary retention in immunocompetent patient: acute transverse myelitis.
5. Acute transverse myelitis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A retrospective cohort study of 8 years follow up.
6. Evidence-based guideline: clinical evaluation and treatment of transverse myelitis: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.
7. Acute transverse myelitis as a rare manifestation of Campylobacter diarrhoea with concomitant disruption of the blood brain barrier.
8. Nerve transfers for restoration of upper extremity motor function in a child with upper extremity motor deficits due to transverse myelitis: case report.
9. Rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury and transverse myelitis due to naive heroin exposure.
10. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis: a catastrophic presentation of a flare-up of systemic lupus erythematosus.
11. Spinal cord tumor versus transverse myelitis.
12. Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis--it's not all neuromyelitis optica.
13. Neuroimaging in acute transverse myelitis.
14. The demographic, clinical, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of transverse myelitis in children.
15. Plasmapheresis in a paediatric patient with transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome secondary to infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
16. Initial presentation of acute transverse myelitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: demographics, diagnosis, management and comparison to idiopathic cases.
17. A case report of transverse myelitis following influenza vaccination.
18. Primary HIV infection with acute transverse myelitis.
19. Cerebrospinal fluid B-cell expansion in longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis associated with neuromyelitis optica immunoglobulin G.

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