High incidence and increasing prevalence of multiple sclerosis in British Columbia, Canada: findings from over two decades (1991–2010)

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 262, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2352-2363

  Kingwell, Elaine ^a   Zhu, Feng ^a   Marrie, Ruth Ann ^b   Fisk, John D ^c   Wolfson, Christina ^d   Warren, Sharon ^e   Profetto McGrath, Joanne ^e   Svenson, Lawrence W ^f   Jette, Nathalie ^g   Bhan, Virender ^c   Yu, B Nancy ^b   Elliott, Lawrence ^b   Tremlett, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative health data; Epidemiology; Incidence; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; BRITISH COLUMBIA; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84944514096     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7842-0     Document Type: Article

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