Risk of developing multiple sclerosis after uncomplicated optic neuritis: A long-term prospective study

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 185-190

  Rizzo, Joseph F ^a   Lessell, Simmons ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0023864055     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.2.185     Document Type: Article

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