Multiple sclerosis in Mexico: A multicentre study;Esclerosis múltiple en México: Un estudio multicéntrico

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1019-1022

  Velazquez Quintana M ^a,d   Macías Islas, Miguel Ángel ^b   Rivera Olmos, V ^c   Lozano Zarate J ^b  

^a Hospital Regional # 1 IMSS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Demyelinisation; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple sclerosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHUMAHER AND POSER CRITERIA; STATISTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042306162     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3611.2002610     Document Type: Article

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