Use of complementary and alternative medicine among people with multiple sclerosis in the nordic countries

Autoimmune Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Skovgaard, L ^a   Nicolajsen, P H ^b   Pedersen, E ^d   Kant, M ^e   Fredrikson, S ^f   Verhoef, M ^c   Meyrowitsch, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b The Danish MS Society   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Department of Neurology   (Denmark)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FATIGUE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 84872124989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/841085     Document Type: Article

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