{"title":"Epidemiologic survey of multiple sclerosis in Mureş County, Romania.","authors":"T Becuş, L Popoviciu","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present paper filed 129 clinically defined cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) (the prevalence day on December 31, 1986) in Mureş County (Transylvania) out of a total population of 615,032 inhabitants, assessing the prevalence rate (20.97/100000) and a predominance of women (F/M = 1.34/1). Incidence (during the last 10 years: 0.86/100000), mortality (0.34/100000), lethality (0.033%) and death (1.83%) rates were also obtained.</p>","PeriodicalId":77370,"journal":{"name":"Romanian journal of neurology and psychiatry = Revue roumaine de neurologie et psychiatrie","volume":"32 2","pages":"115-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Romanian journal of neurology and psychiatry = Revue roumaine de neurologie et psychiatrie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The present paper filed 129 clinically defined cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) (the prevalence day on December 31, 1986) in Mureş County (Transylvania) out of a total population of 615,032 inhabitants, assessing the prevalence rate (20.97/100000) and a predominance of women (F/M = 1.34/1). Incidence (during the last 10 years: 0.86/100000), mortality (0.34/100000), lethality (0.033%) and death (1.83%) rates were also obtained.