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The etiopathogenesis of acute transverse myelopathy can be of inflammatory (viral, postviral), demyelinating/autoimmune, infectious, (para)neoplastic, and vascular origin. When no underlying cause can be found despite extensive search, the myelopathy is classified as idiopathic.
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Demaerel, P., Ross, J.S. (2016). Spinal Cord Inflammatory and Demyelinating Diseases. In: Hodler, J., Kubik-Huch, R., von Schulthess, G. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine 2016-2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30081-8_22
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