Multiple sclerosis in China - History and future

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 655-660

  Cheng, Q ^a   Cheng, X J ^a   Jiang, Guo Xin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHINA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 66149175589     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509102921     Document Type: Review

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