The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Scotland: inferences from hospital admissions.

The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Scotland: inferences from hospital admissions.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disorder with a highly characteristic disease distribution. Prevalence and incidence in general increase with increasing distance from the equator. Similarly the female to male sex ratio increases with increasing latitude. Multiple possible risk factors have...

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Main Authors: Adam E Handel, Lynne Jarvis, Ryan McLaughlin, Anastasia Fries, George C Ebers, Sreeram V Ramagopalan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3029296?pdf=render

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