Some contributions of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1007-1012

  Kurtzke, John F ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Course; Geographic distribution; Multiple sclerosis; Prognosis; Risk factors; Survival; Veterans

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MILITARY RESEARCH; MILITARY SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEER GROUP; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 58149352922     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458508096005     Document Type: Review

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