The clinical features, MRI findings, and outcome of optic neuritis in children

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-262

  Wilejto, M ^b   Shroff, M ^a,b   Buncic, J R ^a,b   Kennedy, J ^a   Goia, C ^a   Banwell, B ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 33747060190     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000224757.69746.fb     Document Type: Article

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