Comparison between multiple sclerosis in India and the United States: A case-control study

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 385-387

  Bansil, S ^a,d   Singhal, B S ^b   Ahuja, G K ^c   Ladiwala, U ^b   Behari, M ^c   Friede, R ^a   Cook, S D ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029968561     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.2.385     Document Type: Article

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