Controversies around the current operational definitions of pediatric MS, ADEM, and related diseases

Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System in Childhood

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 10-18

  Chabas, Dorothée ^a   Krupp, Lauren B ^b   Tardieu, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

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EID: 84926996899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974373.003     Document Type: Chapter

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