Multiple sclerosis in Colombia and other Latin American Countries

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 80-89

  Toro, Jaime ^a,b,c   Cárdenas, Simón ^a   Fernando Martínez, Carlos ^a,c   Urrutia, Julián ^b   Díaz, Camilo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Health policy; Latin America; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence; Review

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA1A INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; MITOXANTRONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84872763661     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2012.09.001     Document Type: Review

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