Multiple sclerosis in Oman

Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-225

  Tharakan, John J ^a,b   Chand, Ranganath P ^b   Jacob, Poovathoor C ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE LESION; OMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PREVALENCE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SPINAL CORD LESION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 23044481658     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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