PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P Defresne
AU  - L Meyer
AU  - M Tardieu
AU  - E Scalais
AU  - C Nuttin
AU  - B De Bont
AU  - G Loftus
AU  - P Landrieu
AU  - H Kadhim
AU  - G Sébire
TI  - Efficacy of high dose steroid therapy in children with severe acute transverse myelitis
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.71.2.272
DP  - 2001 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 272--274
VI  - 71
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/71/2/272.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/71/2/272.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry2001 Aug 01; 71
AB  - No effective treatment has been demonstrated for patients with acute transverse myelopathy. In a multicentre controlled study, 12 children with severe acute transverse myelopathy were treated with intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) and compared with a historical group of 17 patients. The treatment had a significant effect on the proportion of patients walking independently at 1 month and on the proportion with full recovery at 1 year, with no differences in the frequency of complications between the two groups.