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Observations on the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in northern scotland
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Environmental factors and multiple sclerosis
TL;DR: Studies in Canada have provided strong evidence that environmental factors act at a population level to influence the unusual geographical distribution of multiple sclerosis, but the available data accommodate more than one type of environmental effect.
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Epidemiologic evidence for multiple sclerosis as an infection.
TL;DR: It is believed that clinical MS is the rare late outcome of a specific, but unknown, infectious disease of adolescence and young adulthood and that this infection could well be caused by a thus-far-unidentified (retro)virus.
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Multiple sclerosis: updated risks for relatives.
TL;DR: Age-specific MS risks were calculated for first-, second-, and third-degree relatives of probands and are presented in an easy-reference format and in general, first- Degree relatives of Probands have a risk that is 30-50 times greater than the 0.1% risk for the general population.
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Incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the UK 1990–2010: a descriptive study in the General Practice Research Database
TL;DR: The incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis by age and describe secular trends and geographic variations within the UK over the 20-year period between 1990 and 2010 are estimated to provide updated information on the impact of MS throughout the UK.
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A reassessment of the distribution of multiple sclerosis. Part one.
TL;DR: In the last decade the number of available studies has more than tripled as discussed by the authors, and available prevalence studies of multiple sclerosis (MS) seem to divide the world into three frequency zones for MS: high prevalence at 30 to 60 per 100,000 population; medium at 5 to 15; and low at less than 5 per 100 000.