Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: An expanded disability status scale (EDSS)

Neurology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1983, Pages 1444-1452

  Kurtzke, John F ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY INDEX; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0021035886     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.33.11.1444     Document Type: Article

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