Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging predictors of disability in primary and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 218-222

  Losseff, N A ^a   Kingsley, D P E ^a   McDonald, W I ^a   Miller, D H ^a   Thompson, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030072651     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135245859600100406     Document Type: Article

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