The differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: Classification and clinical features of relapsing and progressive neurological syndromes

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue , 2001, Pages S98-S102

  Trojano, M ^a   Paolicelli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Multiple sclerosis; Relapsing progressive neurological syndromes

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EVOKED RESPONSE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RELAPSE; SARCOIDOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULITIS; ALERTNESS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOMA; SEROLOGY; SPINE MALFORMATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOMA; METABOLIC DISEASES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENCE; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035670384     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720100044     Document Type: Article

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