Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in south-western Sardinia

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1282-1289

  Cocco, Eleonora ^a   Sardu, Claudia ^a   Massa, Rita ^a   Mamusa, Elena ^a   Musu, Luigina ^a   Ferrigno, Paola ^b   Melis, Maurizio ^b   Montomoli, Cristina ^c   Ferretti, Virginia ^c   Coghe, Giancarlo ^a   Fenu, Giuseppe ^a   Frau, Jessica ^a   Lorefice, Lorena ^a   Carboni, Nicola ^a   Contu, Paolo ^a   Marrosu, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

epidemiology; geographic cluster; multiple sclerosis; Sardinia; temporal trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD MORBIDITY RATIO; TREND STUDY;

EID: 80655149493     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511408754     Document Type: Article

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