Childhood-onset multiple sclerosis: Report of 82 patients from Isfahan, Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-156

  Etemadifar, Masoud ^a   Nasr Esfahani, Amir Hossein ^a   Khodabandehlou, Ramin ^a   Maghzi, Amir Hadi ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Childhood; Early onset; Iran; Isfahan; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247584537     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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