Age at onset determines the occurrence of the progressive phase of multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 779-781

  Stankoff, B ^a   Mrejen, S ^a   Tourbah, A ^a   Fontaine, B ^a   Lyon Caen, O ^a   Lubetzki, C ^a,b   Rosenheim, M ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 33947516568     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000256732.36565.4a     Document Type: Article

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