Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the city of Santos, SP

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-482

  Fragoso, Yara Dadalti ^a   Peres, Maristela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE METROPOLITANA DE SANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149144057     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-790X2007000400005     Document Type: Article

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