Incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1224-1229

  Hader, Walter J ^a,c   Yee, Irene M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Saskatoon City Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SASKATCHEWAN; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548741825     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000276991.13764.77     Document Type: Article

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