The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in central Italy

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1432-1436

  Millefiorini, Enrico ^a   Cortese, Antonio ^a   Di Rezze, Simone ^a   Barletta, Giovanna ^b   Bellantonio, Paolo ^c   Batocchi, Anna P ^d   Di Battista, Giancarlo ^e   Fiore, Stefania ^f   Gasperini, Claudio ^g   Grasso, Maria Grazia ^h   Koudriatseva, Tatiana ⁱ   Totaro, Rocco ^j   Durastanti, Valentina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS Neuromed of Venafro (IS)   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

epidemiology; Frosinone; Italy; Lazio; multiple sclerosis; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78650127299     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458510373263     Document Type: Article

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