title: Acute Transverse Myelitis Associated with Buserelin Use during IVF.
abstract: A healthy woman undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) developed acute transverse myelitis (ATM) following the use of Buserelin. ATM has a multifactorial etiology and may develop as a result of the activation of immune responses. Infectious agents have been postulated as possible triggers of an immune response (Sá, 2009). Gonadotropin-releasing agonists may have a similar role and trigger the acceleration of preexisting disease by the activation of immune responses (Ho et al., 1995, and Umesaki et al., 1999).
authors.affiliation: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury SP2 8BJ, UK.
authors.forename: Djavid I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Alleemudder
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sadek
authors.forename: Shaun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fountain
authors.forename: Sallie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davies