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Published in: Pediatric Nephrology 6/2019

01-06-2019 | Clinical Quiz

Spinal cord lesions in a pediatric patient with chronic kidney disease and review of literature: Answers

Authors: Harmanpreet Tiwana, Himadri Patel, Sheila Asghar, Ashutosh Kumar, Michael Freeman

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 6/2019

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Transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus, infections including enterovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, mycoplasma, Lyme, parvovirus B19, herpes simplex virus and Toxoplasma and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.
 
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Obtain serum and cerebrospinal fluid studies to test for infection, demyelinating diseases as to exclude above etiologies.
 
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Title
Spinal cord lesions in a pediatric patient with chronic kidney disease and review of literature: Answers
Authors
Harmanpreet Tiwana
Himadri Patel
Sheila Asghar
Ashutosh Kumar
Michael Freeman
Publication date
01-06-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-018-4138-5

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