Multiple sclerosis in children and adolescents: Incidence and clinical picture - new insights from the nationwide German surveillance (2009-2011)

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 654-659

  Reinhardt, K ^a   Weiss, S ^b   Rosenbauer, J ^c   Gartner J ^a   von Kries, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capture recapture method; Children and adolescents; Epidemiology; ESPED; Germany; Incidence; Multiple sclerosis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CORTISONE; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NATALIZUMAB; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CAPTURE-RECAPTURE METHOD; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESPED; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84897922542     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12371     Document Type: Article

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