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Two patients with sudden onset of myelopathy associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Erythema Nodosum) are described. Pertinent literature is extensively reviewed and these two new patients are added to previously reported 26 patients.
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Supported in part by Rehabilitation Research & Training Center No. 4 (RSA Grant 6-P-56813/6-16).
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Kewalramani, L., Saleem, S. & Bertrand, D. Myelopathy associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Erythema Nodosum). Spinal Cord 16, 282–294 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1978.55
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