Multiple sclerosis prevalence in 2000 and 2010 in Western Finland

A Murtonen, ML Sumelahti - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To study ten‐year change in MS prevalence in the Province of Western Finland in
Tampere University Hospital District located in 62.7° N, 23.7° E. Methods Age‐standardized …

High prevalence and increasing incidence of multiple sclerosis in the Norwegian county of Buskerud

CS Simonsen, A Edland… - Acta Neurologica …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The objective was to investigate the incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) as well
as estimate the prevalence as of 1 January 2014 in the southeastern Norwegian county of …

Multiple sclerosis in Finland 2018—Data from the national register

SM Laakso, M Viitala, H Kuusisto… - Acta Neurologica …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Finland is a high‐risk multiple sclerosis (MS) region, but a national MS register
has not existed until 2014. In this paper, we present the Finnish MS register variables and …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Hungary based on record linkage of nationwide multiple healthcare administrative data

A Iljicsov, D Milanovich, A Ajtay, F Oberfrank, M Bálint… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objectives As there were only regional studies in Hungary about the prevalence of multiple
sclerosis (MS), we aimed to estimate its epidemiological features using data of Hungary's …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple sclerosis in the far north-incidence and prevalence in Nordland County, Norway, 1970–2010

E Benjaminsen, J Olavsen, M Karlberg, KB Alstadhaug - BMC neurology, 2014 - Springer
Background The risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) increases with increasing latitude. Taking
into consideration that Norway has a large latitude range, a south-to-north gradient would be …

Time trends in the incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in N orway during eight decades

N Grytten, Ø Torkildsen, KM Myhr - Acta Neurologica …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Norway has been subjected to numerous epidemiological investigations on the prevalence
and incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS), dating back to 1935. The objective of this study was …

Multiple sclerosis epidemiology in Finland: Regional differences and high incidence

AL Pirttisalo, M Soilu‐Hänninen… - Acta Neurologica …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Studies on the east‐west gradient of multiple sclerosis (MS) are scarce. In
Finland, epidemiological differences have been only partially elucidated, but the MS risk is …

A 60-year follow-up of the incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Hordaland County, Western Norway

N Grytten, JH Aarseth, HMB Lunde… - Journal of Neurology …, 2016 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective Investigate the incidence of multiple sclerosis during 1953–2013 and estimate the
prevalence rate of MS on 1 January 2003 and 2013 in Hordaland County, Western Norway …

Changes in multiple sclerosis epidemiology in Finland over five decades

AL Pirttisalo, M Soilu‐Hänninen… - Acta Neurologica …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Finland is a high‐risk region for multiple sclerosis (MS) with several epidemiological studies
on the subject published since 1964, but these have not been comprehensively scrutinized …

Increasing prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Västerbotten County of Sweden

A Svenningsson, J Salzer, M Vågberg… - Acta Neurologica …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To update the incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in
Västerbotten County, Sweden, and to compare this to previous investigations in the same …