Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Buenos Aires, Argentina using the capture-recapture method

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Cristiano, E ^a   Patrucco, L ^a   Rojas, J I ^a   Caceres F ^b   Carra A ^c   Correale, J ^d   Garcea, O ^e   Gold, L ^b   Tessler, J ^a   Kremenchutzky, M ^f  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Institute of Neurosciences   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d FLENI   (Argentina)

^e HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; Capture recapture; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence; South America

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARGENTINA; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 58349084972     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02375.x     Document Type: Article

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