Sex ratio of multiple sclerosis and clinical phenotype

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 634-637

  Ramagopalan, S V ^a,b   Byrnes, J K ^a   Orton, S M ^a,b   Dyment, D A ^a,b   Guimond, C ^c   Yee, I M ^c   Ebers, G C ^a,b   Sadovnick, A D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis; Relapsing remitting; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SEX RATIO;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949627490     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02850.x     Document Type: Article

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