Multiple sclerosis incidence in the Faroe Islands 1986-2007

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 348-353

  Joensen, P ^a  

^a Faroese National Hospital   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Incidence; Multiple sclerosis epidemiology; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIC; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCANDINAVIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951111135     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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