Predicting the course of relapsing-remitting MS using longitudinal disability curves

Journal of Neurology, Supplement

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Achiron, Anat ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disability; Expanded Disability Status Scale; Multiple sclerosis; Progression

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 5644290801     PISSN: 09391517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-1510-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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