Diagnostic problems in multiple sclerosis: Overreliance on neuroimaging

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 270-272

  Riaz, Shahid ^a   Nowack, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031958990     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199803000-00011     Document Type: Article

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