Clinical features of multiple sclerosis in the south of brazil: A partial analysis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1071-1075

  Finkelsztejn, Alessandro ^a   Cristovam, Rafael Do Amaral ^b   De Moraes, Gisele Silva ^b   Lopes, Mariah Graziani De Souza Mello ^b   Da Silva, Aline Vitali ^b   Garcia, Marcio Severo ^b   Cola, Caroline Miotto Menegat ^b   Bastiani, Carlos Eduardo ^b   Ferreira, Lísia Barros ^b   Da Costa, Amanda Lucas ^b   Schneider, Silvete Maria Brandão ^b   Frison, Thirzá Baptista ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis; Sexual dysfunctions

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; MITOXANTRONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAZIL; DEPRESSION; DRUG FEVER; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 76149087814     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000600021     Document Type: Article

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