Abstract
This is a condition of edema of the spinal cord developing after vaccination with diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccination as evidenced by neurological exam and MRI imaging.
Abstracted from Riel-Romero (2006)
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Eltorai, I.M. (2016). Acute Transverse Myelitis in an Infant After Dtap Vaccination. In: Rare Diseases and Syndromes of the Spinal Cord. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45147-3_44
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