Risks of multiple sclerosis in relatives of patients in Flanders, Belgium

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-333

  Carton, Herwig ^a,i   Vlietinck, Robert ^b   Debruyne, Jan ^c   De Keyser, Jacques ^d   D'Hooghe, Marie Beatrice ^f   Loos, Ruth ^b   Medaer, Robert ^g   Truyen, Luc ^e   Yee, Irene M L ^h   Sadovnick, A Dessa ^h  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f MS Center Melsbroek   (Belgium)

^g DWI Diepenbeek   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Familial multiple sclerosis; Multiple sclerosis; Recurrence risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELATIVE; RISK; SIBLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030903014     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.4.329     Document Type: Article

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