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Enriqueta Vallejo-Yagüe1, Lisa Sanak2, Nina Steinemann3

  • 1Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Registry (SMSR), Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
|October 24, 2026
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Marital statusMultiple sclerosisPartnerRegistryRelationship

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