Sex as a determinant of relapse incidence and progressive course of multiple sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3609-3617

  Kalincik, Tomas ^a,b   Vivek, Vino ^b   Jokubaitis, Vilija ^a   Lechner Scott, Jeannette ^c   Trojano, Maria ^d   Izquierdo, Guillermo ^e   Lugaresi, Alessandra ^f   Grand'Maison, Francois ^g   Hupperts, Raymond ^h   Oreja Guevara, Celia ⁱ   Bergamaschi, Roberto ^j   Iuliano, Gerardo ^k   Alroughani, Raed ^l   Van Pesch, Vincent ^m   Amato, Maria Pia ⁿ   Slee, Mark ^o   Verheul, Freek ^p   Fernandez Bolanos, Ricardo ^q   Fiol, Marcela ^r   Spitaleri, Daniele La ^s   Cristiano, Edgardo ^t   Gray, Orla ^u   Cabrera Gomez, Jose Antonio ^v   Shaygannejad, Vahid ^w   Herbert, Joseph ^x   Vucic, Steve ^y   Needham, Merilee ^z   Petkovska Boskova, Tatjana ^aa   Sirbu, Carmen Adella ^ab   Duquette, Pierre ^ac   Girard, Marc ^ac   Grammond, Pierre ^ad   Boz, Cavit ^ae   Giuliani, Giorgio ^af   Rio, Maria Edite ^ag   Barnett, Michael ^ah   Flechter, Shlomo ^ai   Moore, Fraser ^aj   Singhal, Bhim ^ak   Bacile, Elizabeth Alejandra ^al   Saladino, Maria Laura ^am   Shaw, Cameron ^an   Skromne, Eli ^ao   Poehlau, Dieter ^ap   Vella, Norbert ^aq   Spelman, Timothy ^b   Liew, Danny ^a   Kilpatrick, Trevor J ^b,ar   Butzkueven, Helmut ^a,b,as   Paolicelli, D ^at   Lucchese, G ^at   Iaffaldano, P ^at   Zwanikken, C ^at   De Luca, Giovanna ^at   Di Tommaso, V ^at   Travaglini, D ^at   Pietrolongo, E ^at   di Ioia, M ^at   Farina, D ^at   Mancinelli, L ^at   Marriott, M ^at   King, J ^at   van der Walt, A ^at   Skibina, O ^at   Haartsen, J ^at   Chamorro, B ^at   Petersen, T ^at   Cartechini, E ^at   Pucci, E ^at   William, D ^at   Dark, L ^at   Correale, J ^at   Ysrraelit, C ^at   Den Braber Moerland, L ^at   Jaacks, G ^at   Laffue, A ^at   Fernanda Paez M ^at   Munoz D ^at   Oleschko Arruda, W ^at   Paine, M ^at   Vella, M ^at   Vetere, S ^at   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^g HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^h Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^j C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^k Ospedali Riuniti di Salerno   (Italy)

^l AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^m CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^o FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p Groen Hart Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^q HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^r FLENI   (Argentina)

^s AORN San Giuseppe Moscati   (Italy)

^t HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^u CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^v CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

^w ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^x NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^y WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^z ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^aa Clinic of Neurology Clinical Center   (Macedonia)

^ab Central Military Hospital Bucharest   (Romania)

^ac NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ad Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^ae KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^af Ospedale di Macerata   (Italy)

^ag CUF Hospital   (Portugal)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^ai ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^aj MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ak BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^al Instituto de Neurociencias   (Argentina)

^am INEBA ^*  (Argentina)

^an GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^ao Hospital Angeles Mexico   (Mexico)

^ap Kamillus Klinik   (Germany)

^aq Mater Dei Hospital   (United States)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^as MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^at NONE

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Author keywords

MSBase; Multiple sclerosis; Prediction; Risk factors; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84890598556     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt281     Document Type: Article

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