Decrease in multiple sclerosis with acute transverse myelitis in Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-94

  Nakashima, Ichiro ^b   Fujihara, Kazuo ^b   Takase, Sadao ^a   Itoyama, Yasuto ^b  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Japanese; Multiple sclerosis; Optic spinal form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 0033129892     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.89     Document Type: Article

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