Post-varicella acute transverse myelitis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1979 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Infection, volume 7, pages 260-261 (issn: 0300-8126, eissn: 1439-0973,

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Authors: E, Magliulo; D, Torre; A, Dietz; V, Portelli; O, Armignacco;

doi: 10.1007/bf01648938

pmid: 511344

Post-varicella acute transverse myelitis

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Abstract

This report of a case of acute transverse myelitis, after otherwise uneventful varicella, further stresses the importance that the possibility of this relatively rare complication should be kept in mind in patients developing a paraplegic syndrome late in the course of the disease.

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Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi
Italy

Keywords

Adult, Male, Paraplegia, Adolescent, Remission, Spontaneous, Myelitis, Chickenpox, Humans, Child

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