Multiple sclerosis in latin America

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 294-295

  Rivera, Victor M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maxine Mesinger MS Comprehensive Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MCDONALD CRITERIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANAMA; POSER CRITERIA; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 60749088887     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000204913     Document Type: Note

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