The Sardinians are an ethnically homogeneous population, having a genetic structure quite
different from that of all other Italian and European populations. All epidemiological studies …

Sardinia is a high-risk area for multiple sclerosis (MS), with prevalence rates of 150 per
100,000 population. The study included 689 MS patients (female-male ratio 2.6) with …

Objectives–To update prevalence and incidence rates of MS among Sardinians. Materials
and methods–The present work is a “spider” kind of population based survey, conducted …

Recent investigations on multiple sclerosis (MS) distribution in Italy, based on relatively
small population groups, contradict the current thesis, derived from studies undertaken in …

Background: Sardinia is a known high-risk area for multiple sclerosis (MS), but no data for
south-western Sardinia (SWS) are available. SWS has a genetically homogeneous …

According to studies done before 1980, the multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence rate in Italy
ranged from 7.2 to 27.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. More recent work has consistently …

Previous studies on the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Italy have grossly underestimated
the prevalence of the disease. The prevalence in the Republic of San Marino (near Rimini) …

We carried out an ecological study in the most archaic area of Sardinia to obtain a reliable
estimate of the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) and to investigate the geographical …

Objectives–To verify morbidity estimates in central Sardinia, Italy. Methods–A prevalence
study was performed in the province of Nuoro, Central Sardinia, which has a population of …

Studies on the distribution of multiple sclerosis (MS) carried out in Southern Europe in the
last years have shown a significant increase in the frequency of the disease. A previous …