Optic-spinal form of multiple sclerosis and anti-thyroid autoantibodies

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 449-453

  Sakuma, Ryo ^a   Fujihara, Kazuo ^a   Sato, Nobuyuki ^b   Mochizuki, Hiroshi ^c   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Iwate Hospital   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti thyroid autoantibodies; Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis; Multiple sclerosis; Optic spinal form

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0032796674     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050381     Document Type: Article

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