THE PREVALENCE OF MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT OF VELEZ-MALAGA, SOUTHERN SPAIN

Authors
FERNANDEZ O LUQUE G SANROMAN C BRAVO M DEAN G
Citation
O. Fernandez et al., THE PREVALENCE OF MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT OF VELEZ-MALAGA, SOUTHERN SPAIN, Neurology, 44(3), 1994, pp. 425-429
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
425 - 429
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1994)44:3<425:TPOMIT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Since little is known about the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Spain, we undertook an epidemiologic study to ascertain the prevale nce of MS in the Sanitary District of Velez-Malaga, close to the city of Malaga, in southern Spain. The crude prevalence rate of MS in Velez -Malaga was 53 per 100,000, twice as high as the prevalence previously reported in both the city and province of Malaga. The MS prevalence i n the Sanitary District of Velez-Malaga is similar to that in Sicily a nd in Cyprus.