Clinical features of syphilitic myelitis with longitudinally extensive myelopathy on spinal magnetic resonance imaging
Jun-Liang Yuan, Wen-Li Hu, Department of Neurology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
Wei-Xue Wang, Department of Oncology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
Author contributions: Yuan JL and Wang WX are co-first authors; Yuan JL, Wang WX, and Hu WL designed and performed the research; Yuan JL and Wang WX collected and analyzed the data; Yuan JL and Wang WX wrote the paper.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81301016; and the Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Incubating Program, No. PX2019009.
Institutional review board statement: Our work was approved by the Ethics Committee of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University.
Informed consent statement: The patient gave informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Wen-Li Hu, MD, Director, Doctor, Department of Neurology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, 8 Gongti South, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. wenlihu3366@126.com
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Received: January 23, 2019
Peer-review started: January 23, 2019
First decision: March 14, 2019
Revised: April 16, 2019
Accepted: May 2, 2019
Article in press: May 2, 2019
Published online: June 6, 2019
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