title: Linear medullary pericanal lesion with longitudinal myelitis can be diagnostic of neuromyelitis optica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fukae
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujishima
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuma
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D008775:Methylprednisolone