Prognostic indicators for long-term disability in multiple sclerosis patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 29-33

  Damasceno, Alfredo ^a   Von Glehn, Felipe ^a   Brandão, Carlos Otávio ^a   Damasceno, Benito Pereira ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Expanded Disability Status Scale; Long term disability; Multiple sclerosis; Prognosis; Relapses; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BRAIN STEM; BRAZIL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870915416     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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