Bibliography

The following bibliography is not meant as a comprehensive list of Transverse Myelitis references. It is focused on recent publications and is intended to assist you in beginning a search for an understanding of TM. For additional literature about TM, a Medline search can be performed. A special thank you to Chitra Krishnan, Research Program Coorindator, Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center for preparing this bibliography.

Diagnostic criteria and nosology of acute transverse myelitis (ATM)

• Transverse Myelitis Consortium Working Group. Proposed diagnostic criteria and nosology of acute transverse myelitis. Neurology 2002. In press
• Berman M, Feldman S, Alter M, Zilber N, Kahana E. Acute transverse myelitis: incidence and etiologic considerations. Neurology 1981; 31(8):966-971.
• Jeffery DR, Mandler RN, Davis LE. Transverse myelitis. Retrospective analysis of 33 cases, with differentiation of cases associated with multiple sclerosis and parainfectious events. Arch Neurol 1993; 50(5):532-535.
• Ropper AH, Poskanzer DC. The prognosis of acute and subacute transverse myelopathy based on early signs and symptoms. Ann Neurol 1978; 4(1):51-59.

Immunopathogenesis of ATM

• Kerr DA, Ayetey H. Immunopathogenesis of acute transverse myelitis. Current Opinion in Neurology 2002; 15: 339-347.

Clinical features, radiological characteristics and outcome profiles

These reports describe clinical and radiologic features of ATM while describing outcome profiles and prognostic predictors of acute transverse myelitis.

• Christensen PB, Wermuth L, Hinge HH, Bomers K. Clinical course and long-term prognosis of acute transverse myelopathy. Acta Neurol Scand 1990; 81(5):431-435.
• Altrocchi PH. Acute Transverse Myelopathy. Arch Neurol 1963; 9:21-29.
• Misra UK, Kalita J, Kumar S. A clinical, MRI and neurophysiological study of acute transverse myelitis. J Neurol Sci 1996; 138(1-2):150-156.
• Lipton HL, Teasdall RD. Acute transverse myelopathy in adults. A follow-up study. Arch Neurol 1973; 28(4):252-257.
• Ford B, Tampieri D, Francis G. Long-term follow-up of acute partial transverse myelopathy. Neurology 1992; 42(1):250-252.
• Kalita J, Misra UK, Mandal SK. Prognostic predictors of acute transverse myelitis. Acta Neurol Scand 1998; 98(1):60-63.
• de Seze J, Stojkovic T, Breteau G et al. Acute myelopathies: Clinical, laboratory and outcome profiles in 79 cases. Brain 2001; 124(Pt 8):1509-1521.
• Kalita J, Misra UK. Neurophysiological studies in acute transverse myelitis. J Neurol 2000; 247(12):943-948.
• Misra UK, Kalita J. Can electromyography predict the prognosis of transverse myelitis? J Neurol 1998; 245(11):741-744.

Pediatric ATM

• Knebusch M, Strassburg HM, and Reiners K. Acute transverse myelitis in childhood: nine cases and review of literature. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 1998; 40: 631-639.
• Paine RS, Byers RK. Transverse myelopathy in childhood. A.M.A. American Journal of Diseases of Children 1968; 85: 151-163.
• Dunne K, Hopkins IJ, Shield LK. Acute transverse myelopathy in childhood. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 1986; 28: 198-204.

Cerebrospinal fluid characteristics

• Irani DN, Kerr DA. 14-3-3 protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with acute transverse myelitis. Lancet 2000; 355(9207):901.

ATM as a presenting feature of Multiple Sclerosis

• Miller DH, Ormerod IE, Rudge P, Kendall BE, Moseley IF, McDonald WI. The early risk of multiple sclerosis following isolated acute syndromes of the brainstem and spinal cord. Ann Neurol 1989; 26(5):635-639.
• Scott TF, Bhagavatula K, Snyder PJ, Chieffe C. Transverse myelitis. Comparison with spinal cord presentations of multiple sclerosis. Neurology 1998; 50(2):429-433.
• Bakshi R, Kinkel PR, Mechtler LL et al. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in 22 cases of myelitis: comparison between patients with and without multiple sclerosis. Eur J Neurol 1998; 5(1):35-48.

Recurrent ATM
Case histories of patients with relapsing transverse myelitis.

• Ungurean A, Palfi S, Dibo G, Tiszlavicz L, Vecsei L. Chronic recurrent transverse myelitis or multiple sclerosis. Funct Neurol 1996; 11(4):209-214.
• Tippett DS, Fishman PS, Panitch HS. Relapsing transverse myelitis. Neurology 1991; 41:703-706.
• Pandit L, Rao S. Recurrent myelitis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1996; 60:336-338.

Potential therapies

• Kalita J, Misra UK. Is methyl prednisolone useful in acute transverse myelitis? Spinal cod 2001; 39:471-476.
• Defresne P, Meyer L, Tardieu M, et al. Efficacy of high dose steroid therapy in children with severe acute transverse myelitis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001; 71: 272-274.
• Lahat E, Pillar G, Ravid S, et al. Rapid recovery from transverse myelopathy in children treated with methylprednisolone. Pediatr Neurol 1998; 19:279-282.
• Weinshenker BG, O'Brien PC, Petterson TM, Noseworthy JH, Lucchinetti CF, Dodick DW et al. A randomized trial of plasma exchange in acute central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease. Ann Neurol 1999; 46(6):878-886.
• Wollinsky KH, Hulser PJ, Brinkmeier H, Aulkemeyer P, Bossenecker W, Huber-Hartmann KH et al. CSF filtration is an effective treatment of Guillain-Barre syndrome: a randomized clinical trial. Neurology 2001; 57(5):774-780.