Multiple sclerosis in Taiwan

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 500-505

  Tsai, Ching Piao ^a   Yuan, Chih Lun ^a   Yu, Hsiang Yu ^a   Chen, Chien ^a   Guo, Yuh Cherng ^a   Shan, Din E ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATAXIA; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; TREMOR; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 11244315526     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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