The epidemiology of transverse myelitis

Anupama Bhat; Stanley M Naguwa; Gurtej S. Cheema; M. Eric Gershwin

doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2009.12.007

The epidemiology of transverse myelitis

Anupama Bhat, Stanley M Naguwa, Gurtej S. Cheema, M. Eric Gershwin

Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology

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Abstract

Transverse myelitis is a neurological disorder causing acute spinal cord injury as a result of acute inflammation, often associated with para infectious processes and autoimmune disease. The purpose of this article is to review the literature on the geoepidemiology of transverse myelitis and assess its environmental associations. Articles from 1981 to 2009 were reviewed in Pub Med along with potential causes such as autoimmune disease (focusing on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), and Sjogren's), infection, vaccination, and intoxication.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Autoimmunity Reviews
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2009.12.007
State	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Sjogren's syndrome
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Transverse myelitis
Transverse myelopathy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology
Immunology and Allergy

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Bhat, A., Naguwa, S. M., Cheema, G. S., & Gershwin, M. E. (2010). The epidemiology of transverse myelitis. Autoimmunity Reviews, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2009.12.007

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