Extended use of glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) is well tolerated and maintains its clinical effect on multiple sclerosis relapse rate and degree of disability

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 701-708

  Johnson, Kenneth P ^a,k   Brooks, B R ^b   Cohen, J A ^c   Ford, C C ^d   Goldstein, J ^e   Lisak, R P ^f   Myers, L W ^g   Panitch, H S ^a   Rose, J W ^h   Schiffer, R B ^l   Vollmer, T ^e   Weiner, L P ⁱ   Wolinsky, J S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLATIRAMER; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 6844254570     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.3.701     Document Type: Article

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