Multiple sclerosis: Report on 200 cases from Iran

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-38

  Kalanie, Hossein ^a   Gharagozli, Kurosh ^a   Kalanie, Amir Reza ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Iran; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC TRACT; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037324940     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458503ms887oa     Document Type: Article

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