Specificity of Barkhof Criteria in Predicting Conversion to Multiple Sclerosis When Applied to Clinically Isolated Brainstem Syndromes

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-224

  Sastre Garriga, Jaume ^a   Tintoré, Mar ^a   Rovira, Alex ^a   Nos, Carlos ^a   Río, Jordi ^a   Thompson, Alan J ^b   Montalban, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARKHOF CRITERIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 1042291158     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.2.222     Document Type: Article

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