Optic neutritis: A population-based study in olrmsted county, Minnesota

Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 244-250

  Rodriguez, Moses ^a   Siva, A ^a   Cross, S A ^a   O Brien P C ^a   Kurland, L T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028798351     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.45.2.244     Document Type: Article

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