A neurologic rating scale (NRS) for use in multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1984, Pages 1368-1372

  Sipe, Jack C ^a   Knobler, Robert L ^a   Braheny, Sherry L ^a   Rice, George P A ^a   Panitch, Hillel S ^b   Oldstone, Michael B A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATING SCALE;

HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0021173397     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.34.10.1368     Document Type: Article

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