SIAPEM - Brazilian software database for multiple sclerosis research in tropical countries

African Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Papais Alvarenga, Regina Maria ^a   Alves Leon, Soniza ^a   Tilbery, Charles Peter ^b   Poser, Charles ^c   Miranda Santos, Claudia Maria ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa de Misericordia de Goiania   (Brazil)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DA LAGOA   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Databasing; Esclerosis multiple; Esclerosis multiple e estudio multic ntrico; Esclerosis multiple en America Latina; Multicenter studies; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple sclerosis epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis in South America

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROCOMPUTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TROPICS;

EID: 24744443500     PISSN: 10158618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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