Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Iran: a systematic review

M Etemadifar, S Sajjadi, Z Nasr, TS Firoozeei… - European …, 2013 - karger.com
Background: There is a wide variation in the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in
different geographical regions and the epidemiology of MS in Iran has been a major topic of …

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 …

Preventive effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on conversion of optic neuritis to clinically definite multiple sclerosis: a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled …

H Derakhshandi, M Etemadifar, A Feizi… - Acta neurologica …, 2013 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) presents with optic neuritis (ON) in 20% of cases and 50% of ON
patients develop MS within 15 years. In this study, we evaluated the preventive effects of …

Ginseng in the treatment of fatigue in multiple sclerosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot study

M Etemadifar, F Sayahi, SH Abtahi… - International Journal …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Fatigue is one of the common complaints of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients,
and its treatment is relatively unclear. Ginseng is one of the herbal medicines possessing …

[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 …

Multiple sclerosis in Isfahan, Iran: an update

M Etemadifar, SH Abtahi, M Akbari… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, the Multiple Sclerosis Journal (MSJ) has played a pivotal role in increasing
the awareness of the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) across the globe. As the …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of familial multiple sclerosis in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Moosazadeh, R Esmaeili, MM Nasehi… - Iranian journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
B ackground: Familial history of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been considered as one of the
etiologic factors of MS by several studies. It is valuable to combine the results of these …

Human exposure to dust and heavy metals in industrial regions and its relationship with the prevalence of multiple sclerosis disease

A Moradi, N Honarjoo, AA Besalatpour… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
In recent decades, multiple sclerosis (MS) diseases have been significantly prevalent in
some industrial areas of Iran, such as steel industrial areas in Isfahan province (central Iran) …

Confronting the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: a qualitative study of patient experiences

M Fallahi-Khoshknab, S Ghafari… - Journal of Nursing …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) involves complex physical and mental disabilities and
often results in family, occupational, and social problems that cause difficulties in confronting …

IL-23 plasma level measurement in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients compared to healthy subjects

M Shajarian, F Alsahebfosoul… - Immunological …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroinflammatory disease with unknown
etiology and variable clinical evolution. Interleukin-23 (IL-23), a member of the IL-12 …