The increasing incidence and prevalence of MS in a Sardinian province

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 842-847

  Granieri, Enrico ^a   Casetta, I ^a   Govoni, V ^a   Tola, M R ^a   Marchi, D ^b   Murgia, S B ^b   Ticca, A ^b   Pugliatti, M ^c   Murgia, B ^c   Rosati, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Section of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0034718477     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.55.6.842     Document Type: Article

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