Do 'demyelinating' diseases involve more than myelin?

Nature Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 738-739

  Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 0033925392     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77450     Document Type: Short Survey

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