Idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system: Differentiating between acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and malignant multiple sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-226

  Haase, C G ^a,b   Faustmann, P M ^a   Diener, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated demyelinating encephalomyelitis; ADEM; Demyelinating central nervous system diseases; Malignant multiple sclerosis; MS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000334189     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90507-6     Document Type: Article

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