A reappraisal of the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in olmsted county, Minnesota

Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 780-786

  Wynn, Daniel R ^a   Rodriguez, Moses ^a   Michael O'Fallon W ^a   Kurland, Leonard T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0025268954     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.40.5.780     Document Type: Article

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