Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy: What does the patient think? a questionnaire study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Albrecht, Peter ^a   Fischer, Dorothea ^a   Moser, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

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EID: 77950791802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-91     Document Type: Article

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