Trends in prevalence and incidence of multiple sclerosis in Bajo Aragón, Spain

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-93

  Modrego, Pedro J ^a   Pina, Miguel A ^b  

^a Hosp la Seguridad Social de Alcaniz   (Spain)

^b Neurology Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

Incidence; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STANDARD;

EID: 0242691862     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.07.007     Document Type: Article

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