Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in Algeria: A preliminary study in the region of Tizi Ouzou

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-40

  Daoudi, Smail ^a   Bouzar, Melissa ^a  

^a Nedir University Hospital   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; AQP4 IgG; Demyelinating diseases; IPND 2015 criteria; Myelitis; NMOSD; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALGERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84962553111     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: 22110356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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