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Risk for relatives of patients with multiple sclerosis in central Sardinia, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 Jan 2000
Prokopenko Inga, Montomoli Cristina, Ferrai Raffaela, Musu Luigina, Piras Maria Luisa, Ticca Anna, Murgia Bruno S, Bernardinelli Luisa
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, disabling disease of the central nervous system, known for its complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. We used life table techniques to calculate age-adjusted recurrence risks for different categories of relatives of MS patients from Central Sardinia (Italy), a genetically homogeneous, stable population with a high degree of consanguinity....
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