Proposed modifications to the McDonald criteria for use in Asia

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 887-888

  Chong, H T ^a,g   Kira, J ^b   Tsai, C P ^c   Ong, B ^d   Li, P C K ^e   Kermode, A ^f   Tan, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MCDONALD DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EDEMA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67649344382     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509104587     Document Type: Article

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