Epidemiological characteristics of multiple sclerosis in a Mexican state frontier with the United States of America;Características epidemiológicas de la esclerosis múltiple en un estado fronterizo con los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica

Archivos de Neurociencias

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-150

  Velázquez, Merced ^a   Lopez Prieto ^a   César Márquez, Jesús ^a   Rivera Castaño, Mario ^a   Vargas Myrna, Leopoldo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mexico; Multiple sclerosis; Regional variations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17644436830     PISSN: 01874705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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