Multiple sclerosis disease progression and paradichlorobenzene a tale of mothballs and toilet cleaner

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 228-232

  Hession, Richard M ^a,b   Sharma, Vibhash ^a,b   Spiegel, Daniel E ^a,b   Tat, Christine ^a,b   Hwang, Daniel George ^a,b   Dieppa, Marisara ^a,b   Mahdavi, Zakraus ^a,b   Marder, Ellen ^a,b   Stüve, Olaf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; FLUOXETINE; GADOLINIUM; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NATALIZUMAB; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; STEROID;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATAXIA; BLUNTED AFFECT; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN TOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DETERIORATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSMETRIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB WEAKNESS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; NYSTAGMUS; OPSOCLONUS; PARESTHESIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RASH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUPOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; WALKER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS; CHLOROBENZENES; DETERGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

EID: 84893854484     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.4395     Document Type: Article

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