Astrocytic Stress Response Induced by Exposure to Astrocyte-Binding Antibodies in Pediatric Acute Transverse Myelitis Cases

Medicine, Pediatrics, Rheumatology and Immunology, Neurology, Hematology, Life Sciences, Immunology,
Pediatric   Acute Transverse Myelitis   Astrocytes   Antibodies   Neuroinflammation  

B-cell Response in Pediatric Acute Transverse Myelitis Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is an autoimmune-mediated inflammatory disease of the spinal cord with an incidence of 1.7-2 cases per million children per year. ATM typically presents with limb weakness, sensory loss, and bladder/bowel dysfunction, with symptoms rapidly developing over hours t...