The association between cigarette smoking and multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Jafari, Naghmeh ^a   Hintzen, Rogier Q ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Clinical course; Environmental risk factors; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 81255141910     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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