The etiology of optic neuritis in Asian population

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 821-822

  Du, Yi ^a   Lin, Yu Chen ^a   He, Jian Feng ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52949121068     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.07.015     Document Type: Letter

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