Lesion distribution in children with clinically isolated syndromes

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-405

  Ghassemi, Rezwan ^a   Antel, Samson B ^a   Narayanan, Sridar ^a   Francis, Simon J ^a   Bar Or, Amit ^a   Sadovnick, A Dessa ^b   Banwell, Brenda ^c   Arnold, Douglas L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 41849148281     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21322     Document Type: Article

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