Risk factors for multiple sclerosis in Kuwait: A population-based case-control study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-35

  Al Afasy, Hanan H ^a   Al Obaidan, Mohammed A ^a   Al Ansari, Yousef A ^a   Al Yatama, Sarah A ^a   Al Rukaibi, Mohammed S ^a   Makki, Nourah I ^a   Suresh, Anita ^a   Akhtar, Saeed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Case control study; Gulf war; Head injury; Kuwait; Multiple sclerosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RECOGNITION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867466518     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341240     Document Type: Article

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