Clinical, CSF, and MRI findings in Devic's neuromyelitis optica

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 382-387

  O'Riordan, J I ^a   Gallagher, H L ^a   Thompson, A J ^a   Howard, R S ^a   Kingsley, D P E ^a   Thompson, E J ^a   McDonald, W I ^b   Miller, D H ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VISION; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0029873583     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.4.382     Document Type: Article

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