Origin of DSS: To present the plan

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-123

  Kurtzke, John F ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical rating systems; EDSS; History; Multiple sclerosis; Veterans Administration; World War II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; RATING SCALE;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33846514773     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506071584     Document Type: Article

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