Heterogeneity and continuum of multiple sclerosis in Japanese according to magnetic resonance imaging findings

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-125

  Matsuoka, Takeshi ^a   Matsushita, Takuya ^a   Osoegawa, Manabu ^a   Ochi, Hirofumi ^a   Kawano, Yuji ^a   Mihara, Futoshi ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Kira, Jun ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conventional form; Japanese; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Optic spinal form; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 38749094086     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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