Optic neuritis in orientals and caucasians

Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1973, Pages 631-639

  Alter, Milton ^a   Good, James ^a   Okihiro, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Straub Hospital and Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY; RACE; SEX;

CAUCASOID RACE; CHINA; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAWAII; HUMAN; JAPAN; MONGOLOID RACE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC ATROPHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PHILIPPINES; RACIAL STOCKS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0015885214     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.23.6.631     Document Type: Article

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