Environmental and genetic risk factors for MS: an integrated review

E Waubant, R Lucas, E Mowry, J Graves… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent findings have provided a molecular basis for the combined contributions of
multifaceted risk factors for the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS). MS appears to start as a …

The changing course of multiple sclerosis: rising incidence, change in geographic distribution, disease course, and prognosis

M Magyari, PS Sorensen - Current opinion in neurology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
An increased interest in population-based registries and databases will provide more valid
epidemiological measures and observational studies conducted in well-defined study …

Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in multiple sclerosis diagnosis: an update

B Lo Sasso, L Agnello, G Bivona, C Bellia, M Ciaccio - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system (CNS) with brain neurodegeneration. MS patients present heterogeneous clinical …

Multiple sclerosis: emerging epidemiological trends and redefining the clinical course

E Portaccio, M Magyari, EK Havrdova… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory, and neurodegenerative disease of the central
nervous system and a major cause of neurological disability in young adults. Its prevalence …

Multiple sclerosis epidemiological trends in Italy highlight the environmental risk factors

M Puthenparampil, P Perini, R Bergamaschi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Italy is definitely a high-risk country for multiple sclerosis (MS). Over the last 50 years,
several epidemiological studies, including longitudinal surveys, have disclosed that MS …

Multiple sclerosis in Finland 2018—Data from the national register

SM Laakso, M Viitala, H Kuusisto… - Acta Neurologica …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Finland is a high‐risk multiple sclerosis (MS) region, but a national MS register
has not existed until 2014. In this paper, we present the Finnish MS register variables and …

Trigeminal neuralgia in multiple sclerosis: Prevalence and association with demyelination

SM Laakso, O Hekali, G Kurdo, J Martola… - Acta Neurologica …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The association of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) with multiple sclerosis (MS) is still
widely unaddressed in larger, systematical clinical series. In this study, a cohort of Finnish …

Multimodal diagnostics in multiple sclerosis: predicting disability and conversion from relapsing-remitting to secondary progressive disease course–protocol for …

Y Statsenko, D Smetanina, T Arora, L Östlundh… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background The number of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) has increased
significantly over the last decade. The challenge is to identify the transition from relapsing …

Changes in multiple sclerosis epidemiology in Finland over five decades

AL Pirttisalo, M Soilu‐Hänninen… - Acta Neurologica …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Finland is a high‐risk region for multiple sclerosis (MS) with several epidemiological studies
on the subject published since 1964, but these have not been comprehensively scrutinized …

Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Central Europe, update from Hungary

T Biernacki, D Sandi, Z Fricska‐Nagy… - Brain and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Not so long ago, a novel phenotypic classification of multiple sclerosis (MS) and
revisions to the McDonald diagnostic criteria were published. Good quality, standardized …