Visual phenotype of multiple sclerosis in the Afro-Caribbean population and the influence of migration to metropolitan France

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 392-399

  Merle, Harold ^a,c   Smadja, D ^a   Merle, S ^b   Olindo, S ^a   Signate, A ^a   Donnio, A ^a   Richer, R ^a   Bonnan, M ^a   Cabre, P ^a  

^a University Hospital of Fort de France   (Martinique)

^b Observatoire Régional de la Santé de la Martinique   (Martinique)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Afro Caribbean population; Blacks; Migration; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MONOCULAR VISION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 21744440883     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210501500313     Document Type: Article

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