The internet racing ahead of the scientific evidence: The case of "liberation treatment" for multiple sclerosis;A corrida da internet na frente da evidência científica: O caso do "tratamento de liberação" para esclerose múltipla

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 525-527

  Fragoso, Yára Dadalti ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE METROPOLITANA DE SANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Etiology; Multiple sclerosis; Vascular; Vascular insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79960577030     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000400022     Document Type: Review

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