Clinical demographics of multiplex families with multiple sclerosis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 530-534

  Goodkin, ^a  

^a UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY;

EID: 0031748194     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430419     Document Type: Article

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