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. 1992 Mar;31(3):333-6.
doi: 10.1002/ana.410310317.

Revised estimate of the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the United States

D W Anderson  1 , J H Ellenberg, C M Leventhal, S C Reingold, M Rodriguez, D H Silberberg
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Revised estimate of the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the United States

D W Anderson et al. Ann Neurol. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

Using three adjustments, we have revised a 1976 prevalence count for multiple sclerosis in the United States. The adjustments were made to data from a US national survey; they used 1990 population projections from the US Bureau of the Census, and results of investigations conducted in Weld and Larimer Countries, Colorado, and Olmsted County, Minnesota. It is estimated that approximately 250,000 to 350,000 persons in the United States in 1990 had physician-diagnosed multiple sclerosis.

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  • Prevalence of multiple sclerosis.
    Poser CM. Poser CM. Ann Neurol. 1992 Nov;32(5):716-7; author reply 718-9. doi: 10.1002/ana.410320520. Ann Neurol. 1992. PMID: 1449255 No abstract available.
  • Prevalence of multiple sclerosis.
    Baum HM. Baum HM. Ann Neurol. 1992 Nov;32(5):717; author reply 718-9. doi: 10.1002/ana.410320521. Ann Neurol. 1992. PMID: 1449256 No abstract available.
  • Prevalence of multiple sclerosis.
    Landau WM. Landau WM. Ann Neurol. 1992 Nov;32(5):717-8; author reply 718-9. doi: 10.1002/ana.410320522. Ann Neurol. 1992. PMID: 1449257 No abstract available.

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