Epidemiological studies on multiple sclerosis (MS) carried out in Southern Europe in the last years have shown a significant increase in the disease frequency. Previous surveys conducted in the Republic of San Marino, Northern Italian peninsula, identified that the population is at high risk for MS, with a prevalence of 51.6 per 100,000 population in 1982 and of 166.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA prevalence survey on Parkinson's disease (PD) was performed in the Republic of San Marino, which is the smallest independent state in the world, and is located near the Adriatic coast, within Italy. On April 30, 1986, it had a population of 22,322. We found 34 cases of PD (17 men, 17 women).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe examined an unselected sample of 398 subjects aged 67 to 87 years. Only six (1.5%) subjects presented lingual-facial-buccal dyskinesias (LFBD).
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