Multiple sclerosis in Australia and New Zealand: are the determinants genetic or environmental?
Open Access
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 53 (10) , 903-905
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.53.10.903
Abstract
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been recently reported from nine regions of Australia and New Zealand. There is a marked variation of prevalence with latitude. MS is seven times more common in southern New Zealand than in tropical Queensland. On current evidence, it is suggested that in both countries this variation is predominantly due to environmental rather than genetic factors.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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