[Epidemiology of 118 cases of multiple sclerosis after 15 years of follow-up on the reference center of Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil].

Unlabelled: The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) has a considerable variability all over the world. According to Kurtzke, South America is considered to have low prevalence (minor than 5 cases: 100000 habitants).

Objective: To describe the MS epidemiology on a reference center, compared to eight Brazilian series.