RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Sicily. I: Monreale city.
JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JO J Epidemiol Community Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 114
OP 117
DO 10.1136/jech.35.2.114
VO 35
IS 2
A1 G Savettieri
A1 B Daricello
A1 D Giordano
A1 L Karhausen
A1 G Dean
YR 1981
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/35/2/114.abstract
AB The prevalence of probable multiple sclerosis in Monreale city, close to the university city of Palermo, Sicily, is at least 43 per 100 000. If the possible multiple sclerosis patient is included, it is 47 per 100 000. This prevalence is not significantly different from that found in Enna city, 53 per 100 000. The prevalence in Sicily and, no doubt, in Italy has, in the past, been seriously underestimated. This confirms the need for thorough studies of small populations if many patients are not to be overlooked in a prevalence survey.