Prospective study of patients presenting with acute partial transverse myelopathy

1 December 2003

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Neurologie

Vol. 250 (12) , 1447-1452
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-003-0242-x

Abstract

The clinical and radiological characteristics of myelopathy in multiple sclerosis (MS) are relatively well known. Nevertheless, it remains difficult for the clinician to ascertain conversion to MS after a first episode of acute partial transverse myelopathy (APTM).

Keywords

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
ACUTE PARTIAL TRANSVERSE MYELOPATHY
CLINICAL ISOLATED SYNDROME
PROGNOSIS