Increased prevalence of multiple sclerosis and clusters of different disease risk in Northern Italy.
Roberto BergamaschiMaria Cristina MontiLeonardo TrivelliVincenzo Paolo IntrocasoGiulia MallucciPaola BorrelliLeonardo GerosaCristina MontomoliPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)
The current MS prevalence sets the province of Pavia among high-risk areas and, compared with the previous prevalence estimate (86 per 100,000 in year 2000), indicates an increased MS risk. The Bayesian mapping highlighted area with a significantly higher/lower MS risk where to investigate etiologic hypotheses based on environmental and genetic exposures.