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Prevalence of MS in Iranian Immigrants to British Columbia, Canada

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Scientific Research Foundation. The authors would like to thank all patients who generously participated in this study and physicians participating in the CCPGSMS: Vancouver, BC (A. Traboulsee, V. Devonshire, S. A. Hashimoto, J. Hooge, L. Kastrukoff, J. J. F. Oger); Calgary, AB (L. Metz); Edmonton, AB (S. Warren); Saskatoon, SK (W. Hader, K. Knox); Winnipeg (R. A. Marrie), London, ON (M. Kremenchutzky, G. Rice); Ottawa, ON (M. Freedman); Kingston, ON (D. Brunet); Toronto, ON (P. O’Connor, T. Gray, M. Hohol); Montreal, QC (P. Duquette, Y. Lapierre); Halifax, NS (T. J. Murray, V. Bhan, C. Maxner); and St John’s, NL (M. Stefanelli).

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  1. Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Colleen Guimond, Maria Criscuoli, Irene M. Yee & A. Dessa Sadovnick

  2. Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    A. Dessa Sadovnick

  3. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    David A. Dyment, Sreeram V. Ramagopalan & George C. Ebers

  4. Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    David A. Dyment, Sreeram V. Ramagopalan & George C. Ebers

  5. Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Gavin Giovannoni

  6. VCHA, UBC Hospital, University of British Columbia, G920, Detwiller Pavilion, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5, Canada

    A. Dessa Sadovnick

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Guimond, C., Dyment, D.A., Ramagopalan, S.V. et al. Prevalence of MS in Iranian Immigrants to British Columbia, Canada. J Neurol 257, 667–668 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5417-7

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