The course of early-onset multiple sclerosis in Iraqi children

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-51

  Al Hamadani, Hasan A ^a   Abdalla, Atheer S ^b   Al Saffar, Atheer J ^a  

^a AL NAHRAIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b Department of Neurology   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Early onset; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859800289     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-011-0297-1     Document Type: Article

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