High incidence and increasing prevalence of multiple sclerosis in British Columbia, Canada: findings from over two decades (1991–2010)

E Kingwell, F Zhu, RA Marrie, JD Fisk, C Wolfson… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Province-wide population-based administrative health data from British Columbia (BC),
Canada (population: approximately 4.5 million) were used to estimate the incidence and …

Geographic variations of multiple sclerosis in France

A Fromont, C Binquet, EA Sauleau, I Fournel… - Brain, 2010 - academic.oup.com
France is located in an area with a medium to high prevalence of multiple sclerosis, where
its epidemiology is not well known. We estimated the national and regional prevalence of …

IL2RA and IL7RA genes confer susceptibility for multiple sclerosis in two independent European populations

F Weber, B Fontaine, I Cournu-Rebeix, A Kroner… - Genes & …, 2008 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic inflammatory neurologic disorder
diagnosed in young adults and, due to its chronic course, is responsible for a substantial …

Age-period-cohort analysis of the incidence of multiple sclerosis over twenty years in Lorraine, France

B Gbaguidi, F Guillemin, M Soudant, M Debouverie… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. An
increase in MS incidence over time is reported in several regions of the world. We aimed to …

The changing course of multiple sclerosis: rising incidence, change in geographic distribution, disease course, and prognosis

M Magyari, PS Sorensen - Current opinion in neurology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
An increased interest in population-based registries and databases will provide more valid
epidemiological measures and observational studies conducted in well-defined study …

The changing face of multiple sclerosis: prevalence and incidence in an aging population

C Solaro, M Ponzio, E Moran… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To assess multiple sclerosis (MS) incidence from 1998 to 2007, and MS
prevalence on 31 December 2007, in the province of Genoa, Italy. Methods: We identified …

The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis: insights to disease pathogenesis

DS Goodin - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of studying the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is twofold. First, it is
important to understand clearly the natural history of the illness in order to assist patients in …

Causes of death among patients with multiple sclerosis

ML Sumelahti, M Hakama, I Elovaara… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Several studies show a high mortality risk among patients with multiple
sclerosis (MS). Objectives: In this study, mortality and underlying causes of death were …

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 …

Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Spain

N Perez-Carmona, E Fernandez-Jover… - Revista de …, 2019 - europepmc.org
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