Detecting multiple sclerosis mimics early

Future Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 547-555

  Singhal, Divya ^a   Berger, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

differential diagnosis; disease modifying agents; mimickers; MRI; multiple sclerosis; red flags; review

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 84866342483     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: 17486971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.12.62     Document Type: Article

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