The predictive value of CSF oligoclonal banding for MS 5 years after optic neuritis

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 885-887

  Cole, S R ^a   Beck, Roy W ^a   Moke, P S ^a   Kaufman, D I ^b   Tourtellotte, W W ^c  

^a JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031721140     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.3.885     Document Type: Article

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