Prevalence, demographics and clinical characteristics of multiple sclerosis in Qatar

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 816-819

  Deleu, Dirk ^a   Mir, Danial ^b   Al Tabouki, Ahmed ^a   Mesraoua, Rim ^b   Mesraoua, Boulenouar ^a   Akhtar, Naveed ^a   Al Hail, Hassan ^a   D'Souza, Atlantic ^a   Melikyan, Gayane ^a   Imam, Yahia Z B ^a   Osman, Yasir ^a   Elalamy, Osama ^a   Sokrab, Tageldin ^a   Kamran, Sadaat ^a   Miyares, Francisco Ruiz ^a   Ibrahim, Faiza ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Arabian peninsula; epidemiology; MRI; multiple sclerosis; prevalence; Qatar

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; FINGOLIMOD; NATALIZUMAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; QATAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD LESION; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877636006     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458512459291     Document Type: Article

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