Patients with multiple sclerosis do not necessarily consume more alcohol or tobacco than the general population

Purpose Recent papers suggest that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are prone to alcohol misuse. This may be due to the combination of a lifelong and disabling disease with a psychiatric profile typical of MS. The objective of the present study was to assess these findings in a culturally diffe...

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Main Authors: Yara Dadalti Fragoso, Sidney Gomes, Marcus Vinicius M. Goncalves, Suzana C. Nunes Machado, Rogerio de Rizo Morales, Francisco Tomas M. de Oliveira, João Filipe de Oliveira, Neide R. Simoes Olmo, Monica K. Fiuza Parolin, Fabio Siquineli, Patrick N. Stoney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2015-10-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015001000828&lng=en&tlng=en