The US Network of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Centers: Development, Progress, and Next Steps

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1381-1387

  Casper, T Charles ^a   Rose, John W ^a   Roalstad, Shelly ^a   Waubant, Emmanuelle ^b,c   Aaen, Gregory ^d   Belman, Anita ^e   Chitnis, Tanuja ^f   Gorman, Mark ^g   Krupp, Lauren ^e   Lotze, Timothy E ^h   Ness, Jayne ⁱ   Patterson, Marc ^j   Rodriguez, Moses ^j   Weinstock Guttman, Bianca ^k   Browning, Brittan ^a   Graves, Jennifer ^b   Tillema, Jan Mendelt ^j   Benson, Leslie ^g   Harris, Yolanda ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital   (United States)

^e Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UAB Center for Pediatric Onset Demyelinating Disease   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k JACOBS NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

demyelinating disease; multicenter research; multiple sclerosis; network; NPMSC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROBIOME; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH PRIORITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNITED STATES; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE OF ONSET; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GOALS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEDIATRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939525925     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073814550656     Document Type: Article

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