TY - JOUR
T1 - Presentations and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis in Pakistan
T2 - A Retrospective Review of 188 Cases
AU - Shah, Zara
AU - Khan, Maria
AU - Rajput, Haris Majid
AU - Wasay, Mohammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Approximately 10 out of every 100,000 people in Pakistan have multiple sclerosis (MS), yet there is a dearth of research on MS in the country, with most prior studies limited by small sample sizes. We wish to report on the largest study of MS patients from Pakistan. The objectives of this study were to identify demographic characteristics, disease characteristics, hospitalization causes, and past and current treatments of patients with MS in Pakistan. A retrospective review of patient records of all patients diagnosed with MS was carried out at the Department of Medicine at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi and the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. Medical records were used to generate a list of patients who were admitted at participating centers with a diagnosis of MS between December 2019 and September 2020. The diagnosis of MS was based on McDonald criteria.
AB - Approximately 10 out of every 100,000 people in Pakistan have multiple sclerosis (MS), yet there is a dearth of research on MS in the country, with most prior studies limited by small sample sizes. We wish to report on the largest study of MS patients from Pakistan. The objectives of this study were to identify demographic characteristics, disease characteristics, hospitalization causes, and past and current treatments of patients with MS in Pakistan. A retrospective review of patient records of all patients diagnosed with MS was carried out at the Department of Medicine at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi and the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. Medical records were used to generate a list of patients who were admitted at participating centers with a diagnosis of MS between December 2019 and September 2020. The diagnosis of MS was based on McDonald criteria.
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U2 - 10.7224/1537-2073.2022-008
DO - 10.7224/1537-2073.2022-008
M3 - Letter
AN - SCOPUS:85138218813
SN - 1537-2073
VL - 24
SP - 4
JO - International Journal of MS Care
JF - International Journal of MS Care
IS - 5
ER -