The reliability of specific primary progressive MS criteria in an ethnically diverse population

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 159-164

  Ferreira Vasconcelos, Claudia Cristina ^a,b   Miranda Santos, Claudia Maria ^b   Papais Alvarenga, Marcos ^a,b   Camargo, Solange M G ^b   Papais Alvarenga, Regina Maria ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DA LAGOA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Multiple sclerosis; Primary progressive; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCDONALD CRITERIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLMAN CRITERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THOMPSON CRITERIA;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; NEUROLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44649183971     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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