Caracteristicas clínico-evolutivas e morbi-mortalidade de uma coorte de pacientes brasileiros com esclerose múltipla

Autor: Maria Lucia Veluttini Pimentel, Fabiola Rachid Malfetano, Claudio Luiz Duque Estrada, Soniza Vieira Alves-Leon, Sérgio A. P. Novis, Assuncion Martinez Liem, Valeria Coelho Santa Rita Pereira
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Volume: 66, Issue: 3b, Pages: 671-677, Published: 2008
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.66 n.3b 2008
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Academia Brasileira de Neurologia
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