Optic neuritis in African Americans

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-192

  Phillips, Paul H ^a   Newman, Nancy J ^a   Michael, ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEGRO; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031952161     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.2.186     Document Type: Article

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