Incidence and prevalence of myasthenia gravis in the County of the Coast and Gorski kotar, Croatia, 1976 through 1996

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 265-272

  Zivadinov, R ^a,b   Jurjevic, A ^a   Willheim, K ^a   Cazzato, G ^b   Zorzon, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incidence; Myasthenia gravis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031823934     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026179     Document Type: Article

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