An early British case of neuromyelitis optica (1850)

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7888, 2012, Pages

  Jarius, Sven ^a   Wildemann, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IODINE; MERCURY; STRYCHNINE;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; BRITISH; CASE REPORT; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ETHNIC GROUP;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 84872093133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6430     Document Type: Short Survey

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