Open AccessEtiological profile of noncompressive myelopathies in a tertiary care hospital of Northeast India
Author(s) -
Ashok K Kayal,
Munindra Goswami,
Manas Das,
Lakhshya Jyoti Basumatary,
Suvorit Subhas Bhowmick,
Baiakmenlang Synmon
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.199904
Subject(s) - medicine , neuromyelitis optica , myelopathy , myelitis , etiology , acute disseminated encephalomyelitis , sarcoidosis , pathology , multiple sclerosis , gastroenterology , spinal cord , dermatology , disease , immunology , psychiatry
The discovery of antibodies against aquaporin-4 and evolving concepts of noncompressive myelopathies in the 21 st century have made a major impact on the etiological profile of these diseases, with few cases turning out to be idiopathic.