Finding NMO: Neuromyelitis optica in children

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 334-335

  Levy, Michael ^a   Birnbaum, Julius ^a   Kerr, Douglas ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Broadway Research Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RITUXIMAB; AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PATHOGENESIS; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; AGE; BLOOD; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 39749089365     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000298725.57899.fa     Document Type: Editorial

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