Multiple Sclerosis in Isfahan, Iran

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2007, Pages 357-375

  Saadatnia, Mohammad ^a,b,c,d   Etemadifar, Masoud ^a,b,c,d   Maghzi, Amir Hadi ^a,d  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Isfahan MS Society   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34248682939     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(07)79016-5     Document Type: Review

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