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 …

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 …

Background: Partial surveys in sub-regions of Sardinia have suggested a high prevalence of
multiple sclerosis (MS) on the island, relative to other Mediterranean populations. We …

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 …

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 …

Background: Epidemiological studies conducted in Sicily and Sardinia, the two major
Mediterranean islands, showed elevated incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis …

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 …

Many multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence studies in Italian northern and central areas, since
1980, have put Italy in a high risk zone; none concerns southern Italy. The MS registry of …

Background Epidemiological studies on the distribution of multiple sclerosis (MS) conducted
in the Mediterranean area in the last two decades have disclosed a significant increase in …

Background: To what extent the progressive increase in the incidence of multiple sclerosis
(MS) observed in the province of Padova over the period 1970–1999 was an expression of a …