A Retrospective Review of Patients with Clinically Definite Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 204-209

  Das, A ^a   Puvanendran, K ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Demyelinating disease; Paroxysmal symptoms; Southeast asia

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASM; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINGAPORE; SPINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ATAXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHILD; COLLAGEN DISEASES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SINGAPORE; SPASM; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032018068     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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