Prevalence of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in New South Wales, Australia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 910-913

  McLeod, J G ^a,b   Pollard, J D ^a   Macaskill, P ^b   Mohamed, A ^a   Spring, P ^a   Khurana, V ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032752465     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199912)46:6<910::AID-ANA14>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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