CRANIAL NEUROPATHY, MYELORADICULOPATHY, AND MYOSITIS - COMPLICATIONS OF MYCOPLASMA-PNEUMONIAE INFECTION

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ROTHSTEIN, TL
KENNY, GE
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[1] NORTHWESTERN MEM HOSP, DEPT NEUROL, CHICAGO, IL 60611 USA
[2] UNIV WASHINGTON, SCH PUBL HLTH & COMMUNITY MED, DEPT PATHOBIOL, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
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10.1001/archneur.1979.00500440046007
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Polymyositis, transverse myelitis, ascending polyneuritis, bilateral optic neuritis, and hearing loss developed in a patient with high complement-fixing antibody titers to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Each of her three children had primary atypical pneumonia with isolation of the organism. The neurologic disturbance is thought to represent a postinfectious complication of M pneumoniae infection. © 1979, American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
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