Associations of alcohol consumption with clinical and MRI measures in multiple sclerosis

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 657-660

  D'Hooghe, Marie B ^a,b   De Keyser, Jacques ^b,c  

^a National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alcohol; disability; environmental factors; inflammation; multiple sclerosis; progression

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84861753607     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.12.44     Document Type: Note

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