Low familial risks for multiple sclerosis in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 346, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 268-270

  Farez, Mauricio F ^a   Balbuena Aguirre, María E ^a,b   Varela, Francisco ^a   Köhler, Alejandro A ^a   Nagel, Vanesa ^a   Correale, Jorge ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Familial risk; Multiple sclerosis; Recurrence risk; Sibling recurrence risk; South America

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEDIGREE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84910115073     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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