Prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

O Mirmosayyeb, V Shaygannejad, S Bagherieh… - Neurological …, 2022 - Springer
Background Prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is increasing world-wide. Iran is not
exception. As the prevalence reported differently in various provinces, we designed this …

Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Azami, MH YektaKooshali, M Shohani, A Khorshidi… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological disorders and
is one of the main causes of disability. The prevalence and incidence of MS in Iran is …

Air pollution and multiple sclerosis: a comprehensive review

S Abbaszadeh, M Tabary, A Aryannejad… - Neurological …, 2021 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, autoimmune demyelinating disorder of the central
nervous system (CNS), leading to progressive functional impairments, and many intrinsic …

Ongoing increase in incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Newcastle, Australia: a 50-year study

K Ribbons, R Lea, C Tiedeman… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Since 1959, multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence has been estimated for the east
coast Australian city of Newcastle. Previous surveys, conducted in 1988 and 2003, have …

Air pollution, a possible risk factor for multiple sclerosis

Ü Türk Börü, C Bölük, M Taşdemir… - Acta Neurologica …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Studies focusing attention on the effects of environmental pollution on the etiology
of multiple sclerosis (MS) are on the increase. The aim of this study was to determine MS …

The administrative prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Greece on the basis of a nationwide prescription database

C Bakirtzis, E Grigoriadou, MK Boziki, E Kesidou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective: To estimate current prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Greece using
administrative data from the nationwide medicine prescription database. Methods …

Incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in persian gulf area: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Etemadifar, Y Nikanpour, A Neshatfar… - Multiple Sclerosis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is an unapprehended diversity in the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis
(MS) in different geographical regions. In this study, for the first time, we systematically …

An 8-year study of people with multiple sclerosis in Isfahan, Iran: association between environmental air pollutants and severity of disease

F Ashtari, N Esmaeil, M Mansourian, P Poursafa… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The evidence for an impact of ambient air pollution on the incidence and severity of multiple
sclerosis (MS) is still limited. In the present study, we assessed the association between …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple sclerosis-A disease on a dramatically rising trend in Iran: Review of possible reasons

MA Sahraian, M Sahebkar, R Dehghani… - Iranian journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There has been a global rising trend in recent years in the incidence of multiple sclerosis
(MS). Despite being an MS low-risk region, this disease has also been recently on the rise in …

Evidence of an increased prevalence of multiple sclerosis: a population-based study of Tehran registry during 1999–2018

A Almasi-Hashiani, MA Sahraian, S Eskandarieh - BMC neurology, 2020 - Springer
Background The epidemiological characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) have been
investigated in various studies, which have revealed that the prevalence of MS varies across …