PMID: 490088Jun 1, 1979Paper

Multiple sclerosis in southern Europe. II: Prevalence in Malta in 1978

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
L VassalloG Dean

Abstract

After an intensive survey only 14 patients have been found with a diagnosis of probable multiple sclerosis (MS) in the islands of Malta. This is a low prevalence of 4.2 per 100 000. The low prevalence of MS is confirmed by the small number of deaths certified as due to MS--six in 11 years--and by the absence of Maltese MS patients resident in England among the MS patients admitted to hospital in Greater London and the West Midlands (1960-72). The low prevalence of MS found in Malta can be contrasted with the high prevalence found in Enna city in central Sicily. The genetic and environmental reasons for this difference in MS prevalence between the neighbouring islands of Sicily and Malta require further study.

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Jun 1, 1979·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·G DeanL Karhausen
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Apr 10, 1976·British Medical Journal·G DeanJ Tallett-Williams
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Dec 1, 1984·Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences·V Vella
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
Aug 1, 1995·Journal of the Neurological Sciences·A S al-DinR W Khalil
Jun 20, 1987·Lancet·C M Poser
Jan 1, 1995·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum·E GranieriM R Tola
Nov 10, 1998·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·J Benito-LeónJ Ruiz-Galiana
Jun 1, 1981·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·G DeanL Karhausen
Mar 1, 1984·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·G MorgantiG Dean
Sep 1, 1994·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·G DeanD Saffer
Jan 4, 1998·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·G Dean, M Elian
Aug 20, 2002·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry·G DeanJ Aquilina
Jun 1, 1981·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health·G SavettieriG Dean
Nov 1, 1995·Progress in Neurobiology·C R Gale, C N Martyn
May 30, 2008·Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety·Mohammad PaleshSten Fredrikson
Jul 29, 2011·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·V DíazR J Guiloff
Oct 1, 1987·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·X Navarro
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Jan 1, 1995·Neurology·A P SempereC Cabezas
Jan 1, 1997·Documenta Ophthalmologica. Advances in Ophthalmology·M SasohY Uji
Jan 31, 1986·Documenta Ophthalmologica. Advances in Ophthalmology·K ShinzatoH Ichikawa
Jan 1, 1990·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·I MilonasI Logothetis
Jan 1, 1986·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·G SavettieriG Dean
Feb 4, 1998·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·D F UriaG Dean
Jun 1, 1990·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica·J Matias-GuiuJ Aranaz
Jan 1, 1997·Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum·C N Martyn, C R Gale
Apr 14, 2005·The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Le Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques·J S SlokaM Stefanelli

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