Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 180-186

  Brinar, Vesna V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Neurology   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; MRI; MS; Relatives; Treatment; Twins

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURINOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; TWINS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 2642561024     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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