Callosal lesion predicts future attacks after clinically isolated syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 1837-1841

  Jafari, N ^a   Kreft, K L ^a   Flach, H Z ^a   Janssens, A C J W ^a   Hintzen, R Q ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; DISABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; SYNDROME;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349119953     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c3fccf     Document Type: Article

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