The clinical course of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome)

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1107-1114

  Wingerchuk, Dean M ^a   Hogancamp, William F ^a   O'Brien, Peter C ^a   Weinshenker, Brian G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Devic's syndrome; MS; Myelitis; Neuromyelitis optica; Optic neuritis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0033595449     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.5.1107     Document Type: Article

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