title: [Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Asturias].
abstract: An epidemiological study of multiple sclerosis carried out in Gijón (Principado de Asturias). It had the methodological peculiarity of having been performed in a reduced population of 81,462 individuals selected from the primary health care centers from which they depended. This permitted a better case finding and both a prospective and retrospective investigation. In the prospective period, the incidence found was 0.49/100,000/year, while it was 1.59 in the retrospective period. The reasons for this difference are discussed. The prevalence was 23.32/100,000. We attribute the fact that this rate is higher than that previously reported for Spain to methodological and perhaps geographical reasons.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neurología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Uría
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Virgala
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Crespo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Calatayud
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arribas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Epidemiología de la esclerosis múltiple en Asturias.