Anorexia heralding the onset of neuromyelitis optica

Internal Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-491

  Iorio, Raffaele ^a   Plantone, Domenico ^a   Damato, Valentina ^a   Batocchi, Anna Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Aquaporin 4; Circumventricular organs

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; PREDNISONE;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD LESION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANOREXIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873969167     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8992     Document Type: Article

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