Gender change and its impact on the course of multiple sclerosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-349

  Reske, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AZATHIOPRINE; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; MITOXANTRONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33645464241     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Review

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