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A case of transverse myelitis in a 16-year-old woman with mixed connective tissue disease is described. After treatment with azathioprine and prednisolone complete recovery was obtained.
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Pedersen, C., Bonen, H. & Boesen, F. Transverse myelitis in mixed connective tissue disease. Clin Rheumatol 6, 290–292 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02201041
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