 Myelitis
"Myelitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Inflammation of the spinal cord. Relatively common etiologies include infections; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; and ischemia (see also SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES). Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain, incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.
| Descriptor ID |
D009187
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.182.600 C10.228.228.210.575 C10.228.228.618 C10.228.854.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Myelitis- Myelitis
- Myelitides
- Myelopathy, Inflammatory
- Inflammatory Myelopathies
- Inflammatory Myelopathy
- Myelopathies, Inflammatory
- Spinal Cord Inflammation
- Inflammations, Spinal Cord
- Spinal Cord Inflammations
- Inflammation, Spinal Cord
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Myelitis" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Myelitis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myelitis" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Flanagan EP, Weinshenker BG, Krecke KN, Lennon VA, Lucchinetti CF, McKeon A, Wingerchuk DM, Shuster EA, Jiao Y, Horta ES, Pittock SJ. Short myelitis lesions in aquaporin-4-IgG-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. JAMA Neurol. 2015 Jan; 72(1):81-7.
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