Development and pilot phase of a European MS register

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1620-1627

  Flachenecker, Peter ^a   Khil, Laura ^b   Bergmann, Sverrir ^c   Kowalewski, Mariusz ^d   Pascu, Ion ^e   Pérez Miralles, Francisco ^f   Sastre Garriga, Jaume ^f   Zwingers, Thomas ^g  

^a Neurological Rehabilitation Center   (Germany)

^b MS Forschungs und Projektentwicklungs gGmbH   (Germany)

^c MS Félag Íslands   (Iceland)

^d Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Centre   (Poland)

^e University Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

^f Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (CEM Cat)   (Spain)

^g Estimate Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

Databases; Epidemiology; Multiple Sclerosis; Registries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PILOT STUDY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; ROMANIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955477753     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5578-4     Document Type: Article

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