Further considerations on the distribution of multiple sclerosis in Sweden

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 238-246

  Landtblom, Anne Marie ^a   Riise, T ^b   Kurtzke, J F ^c,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability pension; Distribution; Mortality; Multiple sclerosis; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 15044339438     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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