Childhood optic neuritis clinical features and outcome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 860-862

  Absoud, Michael ^a   Cummins, Carole ^a   Desai, Nivedita ^b   Gika, Artemis ^c   McSweeney, Niamh ^b   Munot, Pinki ^b   Hemingway, Cheryl ^b   Lim, Ming ^c   Nischal, Ken K ^b   Wassmer, Evangeline ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NEURITIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 80051813084     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.175422     Document Type: Article

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