Multiple sclerosis: The disease and its manifestations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1390, 1999, Pages 1615-1622

  McDonald, W I ^a   Ron, M A ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Psychiatric impairment; Relapse; Remission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033615564     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0506     Document Type: Article

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