Abstract：
:The geographical analysis of a disease risk is particularly difficult when the disease is non-frequent and the area units are small. The practical use of the Bayesian modelling, instead of the classical frequentist one, is applied to study the geographical variation of multiple sclerosis (MS) across the province of Pavia, Northern Italy. 464 MS-affected individuals resident in the province of Pavia were identified on December 31st 2000. The overall prevalence was 94 per 100,000 inhabitants. This estimate indicates an increasing MS prevalence in the province, in accordance with the vast majority of the Italian areas where prevalence studies have been repeated. We mapped the geographical variation of MS prevalence across the 190 communes of the province both with a classical approach and a Bayesian approach. The frequentist approach produced an extremely dishomogeneous map, while the Bayesian map was much smoother and more interpretable. Our study underlines the usefulness of Bayesian methods to obtain reliable maps of disease prevalence and to identify possible clusters of disease where to carry out further epidemiological investigations.
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J Neurol Scijournal_title
Journal of the neurological sciencesauthors
Bergamaschi R,Montomoli C,Candeloro E,Monti MC,Cioccale R,Bernardinelli L,Fratino P,Cosi V,PREMS (Pavia REgister of Multiple Sclerosis) Group.doi
10.1016/j.jns.2006.01.013subject
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2006-05-15 00:00:00pages
127-31issue
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0022-510Xissn
1878-5883pii
S0022-510X(06)00033-5journal_volume
244pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:Headache burden is not adequately explored in Africa. Here, we measured weighted migraine prevalence from community-based studies in Africa. METHODS:PubMed search was employed using terms 'headache in Africa' AND/OR 'migraine in Africa' for published literature from 1970 until January 31, 2014. PRISMA was a...
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Areas of persistent demyelination were created in the dorsal columns of the cat spinal cord by injecting ethidium bromide into white matter which had previously been exposed to 40 Grays of X-irradiation. In the centre of such lesions demyelinated axons occurred in a glial-free area while axons next to normal tissue we...
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(85)90088-7
更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2011.11.039
更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(91)90110-s
更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2007.02.031
更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-510x(98)00263-9
更新日期：1998-12-11 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.042
更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00156-9
更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(88)90107-4
更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2003.07.005
更新日期：2003-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(94)90243-7
更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2007.04.033
更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(83)90063-1
更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2009.11.015
更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(94)90218-6
更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00439-2
更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00132-6
更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-510x(03)00175-8
更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(76)90008-3
更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00009-x
更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.020
更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2009.03.009
更新日期：2009-06-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2011.11.010
更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(83)90131-4
更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2015.06.045
更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on the determinants and outcome of ischemic stroke (IS) from the Arabian Gulf countries (AGC) are still scanty. The aim of this study was to characterize IS in six large stroke centers on the Arabian peninsula. METHODS:IS subtypes were evaluated in four AGC from January 2006 to December 2007 in a large...
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.023
更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study aims to elucidate the role of Rho-mediated ROCK-Semaphorin3A signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) in a mouse model. METHODS:One-hundred twelve eight-week male C57BL/6 mice were selected. The mouse model of PD was constructed by intraperitoneal injection of MPTP....
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2016.08.061
更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Editing of the video image in computerized image analysis is readily accomplished with the appropriate apparatus, but slows the assay very significantly. In dealing with the cerebral cortex, however video editing is of considerable importance in that cells are very often contiguous to one another or are partially supe...
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(82)90239-8
更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00
