Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Ecuador;Prevalencia de esclerosis múltiple en Ecuador

Neurologia

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 309-313

  Abad, P ^a   Perez M ^a   Castro, E ^a   Alarcon T ^b   Santibanez R ^b   Diaz F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo   (Ecuador)

^c Clínica de Especialidades Santa Inés   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Equator; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECUADOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954817013     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: 15781968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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