Evolution and long term outcome in patients presenting with large demyelinating lesions as their first clinical event

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Wattamwar, Pandurang R ^a   Baheti, Neeraj N ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Nair, Muralidharan ^a   Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ADEM; Clinically isolated syndrome; CNS demyelination; Multiple sclerosis; Tumefactive demyelination

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ESTIMATED EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAPPAPORT DISABILITY RATING SCALE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956687243     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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