The Oslo Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Registry was established in 1990, and this is the first report on the prevalence and incidence of MS in the city of Oslo, Norway. The prevalence rate of definite MS on 1 January 1995 was 120.4/10(5). Inclusion of patients of native Norwegian ancestry only and exclusion of non-Norwegian immigrants yielded a prevalence rate of 136.0/10(5). A similar prevalence rat...
