Comparison of the natural history and prognostic features of early onset and adult onset multiple sclerosis in Jordanian population

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-37

  El Salem, Khalid ^a   Khader, Yousef ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Adult onset; Early onset; Multiple sclerosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JORDAN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845217932     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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