Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 9-14

  Acheson, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUCASOID RACE; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMAN; JEWS; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGE; MONGOLOID RACE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEGROID RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0017594215     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a071407     Document Type: Article

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