Overdiagnosis of multiple sclerosis and magnetic resonance imaging criteria

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 781-783

  Nielsen, Jessica M ^a   Korteweg, Tijmen ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Uitdehaag, Bernard M J ^a   Polman, Chris H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27644550923     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20632     Document Type: Article

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