Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine
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Christiane Elpers

Department of General Pediatrics-Neuropediatric, Children’s Hospital Muenster, University of Muenster, Germany

Biography

Christiane Elpers served as a Professor in the  Department of General Pediatrics-Neuropediatric, Children’s Hospital Muenster, University of Muenster, Germany. Recipient of many awards and grants for his valuable contributions and discoveries in major area of research.His research interests includes Multiple sclerosis; Childhood optic neuritis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Risk factors of multiple sclerosis; Corticosteroid treatment; Funduscopic pathology

Publications

Prediction of Multiple Sclerosis after Childhood Isolated Optic Neuritis

Isolated optic neuritis in adults (ON) is the most common initial manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS). Conversion to MS after childhood ON is not well determined. We aimed to identify risk factors predicting MS following ON and to develop risk profiles with adjusted clinical follow-up based on current diagnostic tools. Medical records of 42 ca... Read More»

Christiane Elpers, Amler S, Grenzebach U, Allkemper T, Fiedler B, Schwartz O, Meuth SG and Kurlemann G

Research Article: Neonat Pediatr Med 2015, 1: S1003

DOI: 10.4172/2572-4983.1000S1003

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