Assessing the value of spinal cord lesions in predicting development of multiple sclerosis in patients with clinically isolated syndromes

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1317-1320

  Patrucco, L ^a   Rojas, J I ^a   Cristiano, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Clinically isolated syndromes; Magnetic resonance image; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord lesions

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84864283232     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6345-x     Document Type: Article

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