CSF pleocytosis and expansion of spinal lesions in Japanese Multiple sclerosis with special reference to the new diagnostic criteria

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 824-829

  Fukazawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Seiji ^b   Miyagishi, Ryuji ^c   Miyazaki, Yusei ^b   Fukaura, Hikoaki ^b   Yabe, Ichiro ^b   Hamada, Takeshi ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^d   Sasaki, Hidenao ^b  

^a Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Nishimaruyama Hospital   (Japan)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CSF pleocytosis; Diagnostic criteria; MRI findings; Multiple sclerosis; Optico spinal MS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 22144477852     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0753-8     Document Type: Review

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