Multiple sclerosis in the elderly patient

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Awad, Amer ^a   Sütve, Olaf ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA1A INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NATALIZUMAB; PRION PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATIGUE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MICROANGIOPATHY; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; ONSET AGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 77950683460     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11532120-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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