The influence of ethnicity on the characteristics of multiple sclerosis: A local population study between Persians and Arabs

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1271-1275

  Sharafaddinzadeh, Naser ^a   Moghtaderi, Ali ^b   Majdinasab, Nastaran ^a   Dahmardeh, Maryam ^b   Kashipazha, Davood ^a   Shalbafan, Bita ^a  

^a Jondishapoor University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arab; Incidence; Multiple sclerosis; Persian; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE;

ARAB; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSIAN; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARABS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880330958     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.11.027     Document Type: Article

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