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Myelitis

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Definition: Inflammation of the spinal cord. Relatively common etiologies include infections; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; and ischemia (see also SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES). Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain, incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.  do not confuse with inflamm of the bone marrow (   
Examples Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic; Poliomyelitis 		Other names Spinal Cord Inflammation; Myelopathy, Inflammatory; Spinal Cord Inflammations; Necrotising Myelitis, Subacute; Myelopathies, Inflammatory; Myelitis, Subacute Necrotising; Myelitis, Infectious; Myelitides; Inflammatory Myelopathy; Inflammatory Myelopathies; Inflammations, Spinal Cord; Subacute Necrotising Myelitis; Inflammation, Spinal Cord; Infectious Myelitis

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