Prevalence of myasthenia gravis in Antioquia, Colombia;Prevalencia de la miastenia grave en Antioquia, Colombia

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1010-1012

  Sánchez, Jorge Luis ^a,d   Uribe, C S ^b   Franco, A ^b   Jimenez M E ^a   Arcos Burgos, M ^c   Palacio, L G ^a,c  

^a Instituto Neurologico de Antioquia   (Colombia)

^b Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul   (Colombia)

^c Grupo Genet Poblaciones M/E G   (Colombia)

^d NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antioquia; Autoimmune diseases; Capture recapture; Colombia; Epidemiology; Incidence; Myasthenia gravis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAPTURE RECAPTURE METHOD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; TROPICS; UNITED STATES; INCIDENCE; ONSET AGE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036627026     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3411.2001523     Document Type: Article

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