The natural history of multiple sclerosis: A geographically based study. 6. Applications to planning and interpretation of clinical therapeutic trials in primary progressive multiple sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 641-647

  Cottrell, D A ^a   Kremenchutzky, M ^a   Rice, G P A ^a   Hader, W ^a   Baskerville, J ^a   Ebers, G C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b London Hlth Sci Ctr Univ Campus ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Natural history; Primary progressive multiple sclerosis; Progression rate; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032943021     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.4.641     Document Type: Article

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