Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in western Herzegovina

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 779-783

  Klupka Sarić, Inge ^a   Ristić, Smiljana ^b   Sepčić, Juraj ^b   Kapović, Miljenko ^b   Peterlin, Borut ^c   Materljan, Eris ^b   Jurišić, Tonka ^a   Mamić, Dražena Martinović ^a   Burina, Adnan ^d   Šulentić, Vlatko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Europe; Herzegovina; Incidence; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548594039     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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