Study of myelitis: epidemiology, clinical aspects and laboratory studies

ABSTRACT

Twenty patients with acute transverse myelitis appearing as the first neurological episode [13 males and 7 females] fulfilling the criteria of Berman and other 10 apparently healthy controls were selected for this study and subjected to detailed history taking, full neurological examination, plain X-ray, myelography and spinal CT examination, CSF examination for cells, protein, glucose and microbiological tests for any growth and estimation of some serum and CSF immunoglobulins using immunodiffusion plate technique. The results were given