[The prevalence of disseminated sclerosis in the southern region of Ukraine].
Some aspects were studied of the occurrence of disseminated sclerosis (DS) in the south of Ukraine (Odessa and Nikolaev Provinces) with special reference to geoclimatic, ecological and ethnic factors over the period 1992-1993, DS incidence was noted to be on the increase in the region, which fact permits classifying the South territories of Ukraine as a zone with moderate DS prevalence. Data are submitted on nonuniformity of distribution of frequency of DS cases on the territory in question. Lineage was traced to the climatic-and-geographic factors of the region, locality one lives in as well as to sex and race.
Kurako
Iu L
IuL
Pavlova
N D
ND
Zaĭtseva
T A
TA
Kuznetsov
I V
IV
Stoianov
A N
AN
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002980:Climate; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology