Multiple sclerosis in Pakistan

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 668-669

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Ali, S ^b   Khati, I A ^c   Hassan, A ^d   Asif, M ^e   Zakiullah, N ^a   Ahmed, A ^d   Malik, A ^b   Khealani, B ^a   Haq, A ^f   Fredrikson, S ^g  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^e BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f Al Aman Hospital   (Pakistan)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analysis; Multiple sclerosis; Pakistan; Review

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PAKISTAN; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON-BETA; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOXANTRONE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 34250672396     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506072339     Document Type: Article

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