Multiple sclerosis among Iranian-Arabs and Persians of Khuzestan: is there any ethnic difference?

Clin Neurol Neurosurg

Isfahan Research Committee of Multiple Sclerosis (IRCOMS), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Medical Students' Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Electronic address:

Published: October 2013

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