Barkhof Magnetic Resonance Imaging Criteria Predict Early Relapse in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-55

  Neuteboom, Rinze F ^a   Ketelslegers, Immy A ^a   Boon, Maartje ^b   Catsman Berrevoets, Coriene E ^a   Hintzen, Rogier Q ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NETHERLANDS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71149089389     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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