The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the sanitary district of Vélez–Málaga, southern Spain

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 425-429

  Fernandez O ^a   Luque, G ^a   Román, C San ^b   Bravo, M ^a   Dean, G ^c  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Hospital ComarcaI Vélez Málaga ^*  (Spain)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REMISSION; SPAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028274554     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.3_part_1.425     Document Type: Article

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