Optic neuromyelitis syndrome in Brazilian patients
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Optic neuromyelitis syndrome in Brazilian patients.
OBJECTIVES To report the clinical features and outcome of 24 Brazilian patients with optic neuromyelitis syndrome (ONM); discuss the underlying pathological events associated with the ONM syndrome; review the nosological situation of ONM in the group of inflammatory and demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with ONM treated at the Hospital da Lago...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-3050,1468-330X
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.4.429