Changes in the clinical phenotypes of multiple sclerosis during the past 50 years in Japan

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-57

  Kira, Jun ichi ^a   Yamasaki, Kenji ^a   Horiuchi, Izumi ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Taniwaki, Takayuki ^a   Kawano, Yuji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian; Environment; Multiple sclerosis; Western

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033563708     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00115-X     Document Type: Article

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