The natural history of multiple sclerosis: A geographically based study: I. Clinical course and disability

Brain

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 133-146

  Weinshenker, B G ^a   Bass, B ^a   Rice, G P A ^a   Noseworthy, J ^a   Carriere, W ^a   Baskerville, J ^a   Ebers, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0024504359     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/112.1.133     Document Type: Article

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