Region with persistent high frequency of multiple sclerosis in Croatia and Slovenia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Peterlin, Borut ^a   Ristiæ, Smiljana ^b   Sepèiæ, Juraj ^b   Vračko, Beatrika Končan ^a   Rako, Andreja ^c   Lovreèiæ, Luca ^a   Brajenoviæ Miliæ, Bojana ^b   Rude, Josip ^b   Materljan, Eris ^b   Kapoviæ, Miljenko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c Health Center Kocevje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cluster; Europe; Familial incidence; Isolated population; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SLOVENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLOVENIA;

EID: 33748140757     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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