Diagnostic Criteria For Multiple Sclerosis Research Involving Multiply Affected Families

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 805-807

  Goodkin, Donald E ^a   Roses, Allen D ^a   Rudick, Richard A ^a   Doolittle, Teresa H ^b   Hauser, Stephen S ^b   Ransohoff, Richard M ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FAMILY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0026354602     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530200041016     Document Type: Article

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