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[Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Asturias].
- Source :
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Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) [Neurologia] 1991 Feb; Vol. 6 (2), pp. 41-5. - Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- An epidemiological study of multiple sclerosis carried out in Gijón (Principado de Asturias). It had the methodological peculiarity of having been performed in a reduced population of 81,462 individuals selected from the primary health care centers from which they depended. This permitted a better case finding and both a prospective and retrospective investigation. In the prospective period, the incidence found was 0.49/100,000/year, while it was 1.59 in the retrospective period. The reasons for this difference are discussed. The prevalence was 23.32/100,000. We attribute the fact that this rate is higher than that previously reported for Spain to methodological and perhaps geographical reasons.
Details
- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 0213-4853
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1863462