Estimating the prevalence and incidence of multiple sclerosis in the Lorraine region, France, by the capture-recapture method

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1244-1250

  El Adssi, Haritina ^a,b   Debouverie, Marc ^a,b   Guillemin, Francis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

capture recapture; epidemiology; incidence; Multiple sclerosis; prevalence; registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84866022461     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458512437811     Document Type: Article

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