Gender as a prognostic factor and its impact on the incidence of multiple sclerosis in Lorraine, France

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 14-17

  Debouverie, M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Disability; Epidemiology; Gender; Incidence; Multiple sclerosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349761230     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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