Epidemiology of neuromyelitis optica in the United States: a multicenter analysis.

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Published in Arch Neurol on September 01, 2012

Authors

Maureen A Mealy1, Dean M Wingerchuk, Benjamin M Greenberg, Michael Levy

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

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