Multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence was ascertained among the 7 million residents of Los
Angeles County, California, and the 1.5 million residents of King and Pierce Counties In …

Abstract Alter, M.(Veterans Administration Hosp., Minneapolis, Minn. 55417). Etiologic
considerations based on the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis. Amer. J. Epid., 1968, 88 …

Death rates from MS were studied among 7 million native-born and 8 million migrant white,
Japanese and Chinese in California and Washington. The death rate among native-born …

The concept that the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is dependent on both an
environmental factor and host factors associated with the puberty period was tested using …

Abstract Visscher, BR (School of Public Health, U. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024), R.
Detels, AH Coulson, RM Malmgren and JP Dudley. Latitude, migration, and the prevalence …

Both mortality and morbidity data indicate quite clearly that multiple sclerosis is a
geographically-related disease, and thus MS can be thought of as an acquired …

Age at onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms was ascertained for subsets of some 4,400
veterans of World War II who had been adjudged''service-connected''for this condition …

World War II or Korean Conflict veterans with MS (5,305 in number) and pre-illness-matched
controls were compared for residence at birth and entry on active duty (EAD) within three …

A search for cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) was carried out among the 120, 066 Japanese-
American residents and the 3, 060, 366 Caucasian residents native to state of residence in …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is among the most intensively studied neurologic diseases from an
epidemiologic point of view. Its inhomogeneous geographic occurrence has suggested that …