Multiple sclerosis in the north Cambridgeshire districts of East Anglia.

Rice-Oxley, M; Williams, E. S.; McKeran, R O

doi:10.1136/jnnp.61.1.121

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

1996

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.1.121

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Multiple sclerosis in the north Cambridgeshire districts of East Anglia.

M Rice-Oxley¹,

E. S. Williams²,

R O McKeran³

Abstract: LL. In-vitro contracture tests in patients with various neuromuscular diseases. BrjAnaesth 1992;68:72-5. 2 Brownell AKW. Malignant hyperthermia: relationship to other diseases. Br_Aniaesth 1988; 60:303-8. 3 European Malignant Hyperthermia Group. A protocol for the investigation of malignant hyperpyrexia (MH) susceptibility. Br .7 Anaesth 1984;56:1267-9. 4 Ellis FR, Halsall PJ, Christian AS. Clinical presentation of suspected malignant hyperthermia in 402 probands. Aniesthesia 1990;45: 38-41. 5 Larach MG. Shoul… Show more

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Estimating the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the United Kingdom by Using Capture-Recapture Methodology

Forbes

Swingler

1999

American Journal of Epidemiology

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The geographic distribution of multiple sclerosis is nonrandom, as the disease is more prevalent in temperate than in tropical regions. Surveys conducted between 1970 and 1996 suggest that multiple sclerosis is more prevalent in the northern part of the United Kingdom than in the southern part. This north-south gradient ("the latitudinal gradient") might be a methodological artifact, because high prevalence figures from serial surveys of the northern part of the United Kingdom might have been the result of better ascertainment. By using capture-recapture methods, the authors found that case ascertainment was similar in the northern and southern parts of the United Kingdom. When prevalence figures for multiple sclerosis in the southern United Kingdom were increased to account for the number of unobserved cases, the difference persisted: The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the northern part of the United Kingdom appeared to be at least 180 cases per 100,000 persons, whereas the maximum prevalence in the southern part of the United Kingdom was less than 160 cases per 100,000 persons. The distribution of multiple sclerosis in the United Kingdom is not uniform and is consistent with the hypothesis that populations with a high prevalence of multiple sclerosis may be genetically predisposed to the disease.

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Estimating the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the United Kingdom by Using Capture-Recapture Methodology

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Swingler

1999

American Journal of Epidemiology

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Multiple sclerosis in the north Cambridgeshire districts of East Anglia.

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Estimating the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the United Kingdom by Using Capture-Recapture Methodology

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