Thirty-one episodes of myelitis and optic neuritis in a woman with neuromyelitis optica and systemic lupus erythematosus

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 779-780

  Pellkofer, Hannah L ^a   Hohlfeld, Reinhard ^a   Kuempfel, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

HUMAN; LETTER; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYELITIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 77953644412     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.109     Document Type: Letter

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