Can abnormal evoked potentials predict future clinical disability in patients with multiple sclerosis? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 304-305

  Mastaglia, Frank L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Neuromuscular Res Inst   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Evoked potentials; Multiple sclerosis; Predictors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744531846     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0201     Document Type: Short Survey

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