Leukomyelitis

Leukomyelitis, also known as acute spasmodic paraplegia, is a disorder of the central nervous system.[1][2][3] It affects only the "white matter" of the spinal cord.[3]

Leukomyelitis has been observed in animals such as rats,[4] sheep[5] and goats,[6] as well as humans.

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  4. ^ Kwiecien, Jacek M.; Jarosz, Bozena; Urdzikova, Lucia Machova; Rola, Radoslaw; Dabrowski, Wojciech (2015). "Original article Subdural infusion of dexamethasone inhibits leukomyelitis after acute spinal cord injury in a rat model". Folia Neuropathologica. 1 (1): 41–51. doi:10.5114/fn.2015.49973. PMID 25909874.
  5. ^ Adedeji, Adeyemi; Barr, Bradd; Gomez-Lucia, Esperanza; Murphy, Brian (2013). "A Polytropic Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus Promoter Isolated from Multiple Tissues from a Sheep with Multisystemic Lentivirus-Associated Inflammatory Disease". Viruses. 5 (8): 2005–2018. doi:10.3390/v5082005. PMC 3761239. PMID 23955501.
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