Optic Neuritis or Multiple Sclerosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1985, Pages 704-710

  Kurtzke, John F ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0021825255     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1985.04060070098026     Document Type: Article

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