PMID: 490087Jun 1, 1979Paper

Multiple sclerosis in southern Europe. I: Prevalence in Sicily in 1975

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
G DeanL Karhausen

Abstract

Previous reports on large population groups have suggested that the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Sicily and southern Italy is low, of the order of 4-8 per 100 000. In contrast, immigrants from Italy resident in Greater London, many of whom are from southern Italy and Sicily, had a hospitalised MS prevalence similar to that found among people born in the United Kingdom (1960-72). The present study shows that in Enna city (population 29 000) in central Sicily, the prevalence of probable MS was 53 per 100 000, which is of the same order of magnitude as has been reported from the United Kingdom and northern Europe. The high prevalence of MS found in Enna city may be due, at least in part, to the fact that the population studies was small. Because Enna is on high ground, similar studies are being undertaken in two small coastal towns of Sicily.

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Nov 1, 1990·Journal of Neurology·L La MantiaA Nespolo
Dec 1, 1984·Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences·V Vella
May 1, 1992·Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences·A A GrassoF Nicoletti
Aug 1, 1985·Journal of the Neurological Sciences·K RadhakrishnanM E Mousa
May 1, 1991·Journal of the Neurological Sciences·L T Middleton, G Dean
Jan 1, 1990·The Science of the Total Environment·G W Lowis
Oct 30, 2009·European Journal of Neurology : the Official Journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies·P RagoneseG Savettieri
Jan 1, 1995·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum·J F Kurtzke
Jun 1, 1979·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·L VassalloG Dean
Jun 1, 1981·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·G DeanL Karhausen
Mar 1, 1984·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·G MorgantiG Dean
Mar 1, 1987·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·M Elian, G Dean
Oct 1, 1990·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·G Dean, R Gray
Sep 1, 1994·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·G DeanD Saffer
Jan 1, 1995·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·G SharpeR J Thompson
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