Natural history of multiple sclerosis with childhood onset

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 2603-2613

  Renoux, Christel ^a,b,c,q   Vukusic, Sandra ^a,b,c   Mikaeloff, Yann ^d   Edan, Gilles ^e   Clanet, Michel ^f   Dubois, Bénédicte ^p   Debouverie, Marc ^g   Brochet, Bruno ^h   Lebrun Frenay, Christine ⁱ   Pelletier, Jean ^j   Moreau, Thibault ^k   Lubetzki, Catherine ^l   Vermersch, Patrick ^m   Roullet, Etienne ⁿ   Magy, Laurent ^o   Tardieu, Marc ^d   Suissa, Samy ^q   Confavreux, Christian ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CHU PURPAN   (France)

^g Hopital Saint Julien Nancy   (France)

^h HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

ⁱ PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^j TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^l PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^m LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^o DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^q ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 34250749606     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa067597     Document Type: Article

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