Survival of patients with multiple sclerosis in Denmark: A nationwide, long–term epidemiologic survey

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1901-1907

  Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^a   Koch Henriksen, Nils ^a   Hyllested, Kay ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0027948147     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.10.1901     Document Type: Article

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