The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Sicily. I: Monreale city.
Open Access
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Vol. 35 (2) , 114-117
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.35.2.114
Abstract
The prevalence of probable multiple sclerosis in Monreale city, close to the university city of Palermo, Sicily, is at least 43 per 100 000. If the possible multiple sclerosis patient is included, it is 47 per 100 000. This prevalence is not significantly different from that found in Enna city, 53 per 100 000. The prevalence in Sicily and, no doubt, in Italy has, in the past, been seriously underestimated. This confirms the need for thorough studies of small populations if many patients are not to be overlooked in a prevalence survey.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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