Results of intensive prevalence surveys on multiple sclerosis carried out in different small regions of Italy have suggested that this country falls into the high-frequency zone for the disease. To verify this hypothesis by studying a large population, we conducted intensive incidence and prevalence
Multiple sclerosis in twins from continental Italy and Sardinia: A nationwide study
✍ Scribed by Giovanni Ristori; Stefania Cannoni; Maria Antonietta Stazi; Nicola Vanacore; Rodolfo Cotichini; Marco Alfò; Maura Pugliatti; Stefano Sotgiu; Claudio Solaro; Roberto Bomprezzi; Simone Di Giovanni; Lorenzo Figà Talamanca; Lorenza Nisticò; Corrado Fagnani; Michael C. Neale; Isabella Cascino; Gabriele Giorgi; Mario A. Battaglia; Carla Buttinelli; Roberto Tosi; Marco Salvetti
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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