none of the approved immunomodulatory drugs in adults multiple sclerosis (ms) patients have been officially approved for the pediatric patients and are currently used off-label in this population. in this study, we evaluated the effectiveness and tolerability of intramuscular interferon beta1-a (avonex®) and subcutaneously injected interferon beta1-b (betaferon®) in children with definite relap...

conclusions orem’s self-care model is significantly effective in reducing the fatigue of multiple sclerosis patients. objectives to determining the effect of orem’s self-care model on fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients. patients and methods this research involved a clinical trial. sixty-three multiple sclerosis patients at the vice-chancellor in treatment affairs of yasuj university of medi...

conclusions we suggest avoiding the use of tamoxifen for eps in patients with superimposed calciphylaxis. introduction encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (eps) is a rare but devastating complication of peritoneal dialysis (pd). tamoxifen has been generally well-tolerated, even without randomized controlled trials. case presentation herein, we report a case of a patient undergoing 12 years of pd...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: to evaluate seizure characteristic among multiple sclerosis patients with coexistent seizure activity compared to control group. materials and methods: this study is a cross-sectional study which was conducted by reviewing the clinical records of patients with definite diagnosis of ms according to mcdonald’s criteria from march 2007 to j...

BackgroundWidespread demyelination in the central nervous system can lead to progressive sensorimotor impairments following multiple sclerosis, with compromised postural stability during standing being a common consequence. As such, clinical strategies are needed improve sclerosis. The objective of this study was therefore investigate effect non-invasive transcutaneous spinal stimulation on upr...

Multiple sclerosis associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a very rare event. Seven patients with multiple sclerosis and NF1 are described in the literature, and all were reported to have the primary progressive form of multiple sclerosis. Three new patients with NF1 that developed multiple sclerosis are described and it is shown that the range of multiple sclerosis associated with NF...

Annotation. The widespread prevalence of multiple sclerosis in different parts the world among representatives races, nationalities, age groups, gender chronic course disease, high cost treatment and a significant percentage disability working population makes this disease more relevant for scientific research than ever. One understudied aspects domestic scientists is anthropometric indicators ...

Identifying variables associated with patient activation in the multiple sclerosis population could serve to facilitate better multiple sclerosis self-management behaviors. Using a cross-sectional survey design, 199 participants were recruited from a multiple sclerosis center in the Southeastern United States. Depression, multiple sclerosis quality of life, and multiple Sclerosis self-efficacy ...

Classifications of multiple sclerosis subtypes have been largely based on clinical phenomenology. Nevertheless, definitions of relapse, remission and progression have been imprecise. Recently an international consensus group, as part of a reclassification of disease subtypes, recommended dropping the term 'relapsing-progressive' (RP) and retaining the term 'progressive-relapsing' (PR) multiple ...