Multiple sclerosis and infectious childhood diseases

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 154-160

  Bachmann, Stefan ^a   Kesselring, Jürg ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childhood diseases; Epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCARLET FEVER; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0031859008     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026167     Document Type: Article

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