Abstract
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system. Multiple sclerosis is now universally found to be more prevalent in women than men OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to clarify the role of gender in early onset multiple sclerosis PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted in the multiple sclerosis clinic archive system in the Medical City Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Data collection was carried out between March 2008 and March 2009. The patients diagnosed to have relapse remitting multiple sclerosis according to the revised McDonald’s diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis, and onset of disease must be before the eighteenth birthday. For each patient, the following information was gathered: age, gender, date of onset, and date of second attack, presenting symptom, and extended disability status scale and the date, and type and location of MRI lesions. A p-value
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Al-Hamadani, Hasan Azeez
(2015)
"The Role of Gender in Early Onset Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 14:
Iss.
2, Article 14.
Available at:
https://ipmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol14/iss2/14