Clinical features of Japanese pediatric patients with anti-aquaporin 4 antibody

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 359-365

  Hino Fukuyo, Naomi ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^b   Haginoya, Kazuhiro ^a,c   Uematsu, Mitsugu ^a   Tsuchiya, Shigeru ^a   Fujihara, Kazuo ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Takuto Rehabilitation Center for Children   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCULAR VISION; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AQUAPORIN 4; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 80053091873     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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