Incidence of acquired CNS demyelinating syndromes in a multiethnic cohort of children

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1143-1148

  Langer Gould, A ^a,b,c   Zhang, J L ^a   Chung, J ^a   Yeung, Y ^a,b   Waubant, E ^c   Yao, J ^a  

^a Department of Research and Evaluation ^*  (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 80555156723     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31822facdd     Document Type: Article

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