Clinical Manifestations of Multiple Sclerosis in Taiwanese Children

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-11-5

Clinical Manifestations of Multiple Sclerosis in Taiwanese Children

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 20 (2006): Issue 11

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Nov 2006

Abstract

Twenty-one patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and onset before 18 years were treated over the past 22 years and their records retrospectively analyzed at the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, and Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-11-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 84 - 85

Published on: Nov 1, 2006

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Multiple Sclerosis,

Limb Weakness,

Encephalomyelitis

© 2006 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 20 (2006): Issue 11