Significant increase in the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in iran in 2011

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-153

  Izadi, Sadegh ^a   Nikseresht, Alireza ^a   Sharifian, Maryam ^a,b   Sahraian, Mohammad Ali ^c   Jahromi, Alireza Hamidian ^d   Aghighi, Mohammad ^e   Heidary, Alireza ^e  

^a Motaharri Clinic   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG USE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84897902619     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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