Age of onset in siblings concordant for multiple sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 937-950

  Bulman, D E ^a   Sadovnick, A D ^b   Ebers, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0025794004     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/114.2.937     Document Type: Article

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