Mike Jezdimir knows firsthand how hard it is to get appropriate medical treatment for his condition, a disease of the spinal cord called transverse myelitis. He has had it for 48 years, since he was ...

In the field of neurology, understanding the mechanisms of myelitis, particularly idiopathic and immune-mediated types, is crucial.Multiple sclerosis (MS) ...

A panicked parent calls. Her vigorous, active toddler was recovering from a cold when he suddenly began to have trouble walking, crying as though in pain. His face "looks funny," the parent reports.

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a poliomyelitis-like paralyzing illness in children. Since an outbreak of AFM in the United States in 2014, evidence has emerged suggesting that enterovirus D68 (EV-D68 ...