Increased disease severity in non-Western immigrants with multiple sclerosis in Oslo, Norway

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1546-1552

  Berg Hansen, P ^a,b   Smestad, C ^a   Sandvik, L ^a   Harbo, H F ^a,b   Celius, E G ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Migration; Multiple sclerosis; Oligoclonal bands; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; FINGOLIMOD; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON; MITOXANTRONE; NATALIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887405358     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12227     Document Type: Article

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