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Idiopathic Acute Transverse Myelitis: Application of the Recent Diagnostic Criteria Neurol 65:1950-1953,1857, de Seze,J.,et al, 2005 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Despite an extensive diagnostic workup, some cases of acute transverse myelitis (ATM) remain of unknown etiology and have been referred to as idiopathic by the Transverse Myelitis Consortium group. In a retrospective study of 288 patients with ATM, 45 cases (15.6%) met the criteria for idiopathic ATM. The patients formed a relatively homogeneous group in terms of clinical and MRI data, but the prognosis was highly variable.

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