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- Title
Incidence of Myasthenia gravis in the Province of Ferrara.
- Authors
Casetta, I.; Fallica, E.; Govoni, V.; Azzini, C.; Tola, M.; Granieri, E.
- Abstract
Background: The reported annual incidence of myasthenia gravis (MG) ranges from 0.25 to 15 per million. The sex- and age-related pattern of disease incidence is still debated. Methods: An intensive descriptive study was performed in the province of Ferrara (mean population 360,950 people) over the period 1985 through 2000. Results: The average crude annual incidence rate was 2 per 100,000. We confirm a female preponderance in the total population, particularly in the youngest age groups. Conclusions: We observed an early increase in incidence in females, partly due to thymoma-associated MG, while MG without thymoma showed increasing incidence with age nonsignificantly different in the two sexes.
- Subjects
FERRARA (Italy); ITALY; MYASTHENIA gravis; NEUROMUSCULAR diseases; MUSCLE diseases; EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Publication
Neuroepidemiology, 2004, Vol 23, Issue 6, p281
- ISSN
0251-5350
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000080093