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| Title |
Idiopathic acute transverse myelitis: outcome and conversion to multiple sclerosis in a large series
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| Published in |
BMC Neurology, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2377-13-135 |
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| Authors |
Álvaro Cobo Calvo, M Alba Mañé Martínez, Agustí Alentorn-Palau, Jordi Bruna Escuer, Lucía Romero Pinel, Sergio Martínez-Yélamos |
| Abstract |
In 2002, the Transverse Myelitis Consortium Working Group (TMCWG) proposed the diagnostic criteria for idiopathic acute transverse myelitis (IATM) to delimit and unify this group of patients. This study aimed to describe the conversion rate to multiple sclerosis (MS) and variables associated with conversion, and to analyze functional outcome and prognostic factors associated with functional recovery in patients who fulfilled the current TMCWG criteria for definite and possible IATM. Eighty-seven patients diagnosed with IATM between 1989 and 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. Two patients with positive neuromyelitis optica IgG serum antibodies were excluded. Epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data and outcome of 85 patients were analyzed. Eleven (13%) patients converted to MS after a median follow-up of 2.9 years (interquartile range 1.0-4.8). Early-age onset of symptoms was related to conversion to MS. Only 9.4% of patients with IATM were unable to walk unassisted at the end of follow-up. Urinary sphincter dysfunction (odds ratio [OR] 3.37, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04-10.92) and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) on MRI (OR 12.34, 95% CI 3.38-45.00) were associated with a poorer outcome (Rankin ≥ 2). At least 13% of patients who fulfill the TMCWG criteria for definite and possible IATM will convert to MS. Functional recovery in IATM is poorer in patients with urinary sphincter dysfunction at admission or LETM on MRI. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 33% |
| Egypt | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Korea, Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 15 | 20% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 20% |
| Unknown | 15 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 44% |
| Neuroscience | 13 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 1% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 21 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
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