Asymptomatic spinal cord lesions predict disease progression in radiologically isolated syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 686-692

  Okuda, D T ^a   Mowry, E M ^a   Cree, B A C ^a   Crabtree, E C ^a   Goodin, D S ^a   Waubant, E ^a   Pelletier, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD LESION;

EID: 79952013660     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31820d8b1d     Document Type: Article

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