Journal of Multiple Sclerosis

Lütfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Clinical Outcomes of Familial Multiple Sclerosis Patients
  Author(s): Bilgic AB*
  
  Introduction:Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating central nervous system disease. MS is the most common neurological disease among young adolescents. Diagnosis is achieved with diagnostic criteria.Most cases of MS are sporadic, but about 20 percent of them are familial. Materials and Method:363 familial and 3053 sporadic MS patients, who were followed up in Trabzon Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Clinic, MS Outpatient Clinic and Samsun OnDokuzMayıs University, Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Clinic, MS Outpatient Clinic and were registered in the MS database, were retrospectively analyzed. Results: A total of 3416 MS patients were included in the study. 363 of these patients were familial and 3053 were sporadic MS patients. Our familial MS prevalance was 10.6%. Discussions:Our familial MS rate is 10.6%, which is consistent with curre.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2376-0389.22.9 (2) 425

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