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Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis: A Critical Overview
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The decisive conclusions to be drawn from the available epidemiological data, mostly geography and prevalence, of MS are: (1) a north-south (as well as west-east in the United States) gradient exists independent of genetic/racial factors; (2) major differences in prevalence occur in the absence of latitude differences; (3) individuals from the same ethnic derivation have either similar prevalence rates or very different prevalence rates in widely separated geographical areas and (4) specific resistant isolates are shown to exist regardless of latitude. Existing information leads to the almost inescapable conclusion that the epidemiology of MS cannot be explained by any single known environmental or genetic factor(s) in isolation. A combination of a heterogeneous distribution of both genetic and environmental factors appears to be required to explain the available data on MS.
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Cause of death in patients attending multiple sclerosis clinics
Sadovnick, A. D., Eisen, K., Ebers, G. C., & Paty, D. W. (1991) · Neurology · doi:10.1212/wnl.41.8.1193 · Cited by 401 · cited 1×
“However, a recent study on cause of death among patients attending Canadian MS Clinics found that survival did not differ according to sex.(76) It is thus quite likely that factors other than sex-related influences on mortality explain the observed sex ratio in MS.”
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Confavreux, C., Hutchinson, M., Hours, M. M., Cortinovis-Tourniaire, P., & Moreau, T. (1998) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejm199807303390501 · Cited by 1,559
The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Europe
Pugliatti, M., Rosati, G., Carton, H., Riise, T., Drulovic, J., Vécsei, L., & Milanov, I. (2006) · European Journal of Neurology · doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01342.x · Cited by 654
Chwastiak, L., Ehde, D. M., Gibbons, L. E., Sullivan, M., Bowen, J. D., & Kraft, G. H. (2002) · American Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.11.1862 · Cited by 555
Evidence for genetic basis of multiple sclerosis
Sadovnick, A. D., the Canadian Collaborative Study Group, Dyment, D. A., Ebers, G. C., & Risch, N. J. (1996) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(96)90807-7 · Cited by 351
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- Authors
- Sadovnick, A. D., & Ebers, G. C.
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1993-02
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-29
- ISSN
- 0317-1671 (ISSN-L)
- 2057-0155
- OpenAlex
- W204234823
- Cited by
- 304
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 6.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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