Relative Incidence of Inherited White Matter Disorders in Childhood to Acquired Pediatric Demyelinating Disorders

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 219-223

  Vanderver, Adeline ^a   Hussey, Heather ^b   Schmidt, Johanna L ^a   Pastor, William ^c   Hoffman, Heather J ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; INHERITANCE; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIPIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NEURITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870938307     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: 15580776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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