Seasonal variations in exacerbations and MRI parameters in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 217-223

  Koziol, James A ^a   Feng, Anne C ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic variation; Periodic regression; Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444369194     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079946     Document Type: Article

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