Neuromyelitis optica IgG predicts relapse after longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 566-569

  Weinshenker, Brian G ^a   Wingerchuk, Dean M ^b   Vukusic, Sandra ^c   Linbo, Linda ^a   Pittock, Sean J ^a   Lucchinetti, Claudia F ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a,d  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^d MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33644825904     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20770     Document Type: Article

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