Hereditary ataxias and spastic paraplegias: Methodological aspects of a prevalence study in Portugal

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1377-1384

  Silva, M Carolina ^a   Coutinho, Paula ^b   Pinheiro, Carlos D ^c   Neves, José M ^c   Serrano, Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c Department of Human Resources   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Familial spastic paraplegias; Hereditary ataxias; Prevalence survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PORTUGAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 0031453761     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00202-3     Document Type: Article

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