Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Albumin and multiple sclerosis
... Multiple sclerosis (MS) is believed to result from an underlying autoimmune mechanism that leads to the de- velopment of central nervous system (CNS) lesions that eventually cause sensory and motor symptoms ...
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Systematic literature review and validity evaluation of the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) in patients with multiple sclerosis
... Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that mainly affects young adults. The disease is characterized by the occurrence of relapsing neurological deficits ...
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What is the impact of socioeconomic status on multiple sclerosis?About multiple sclerosis
... study,” Dr. Katharine Harding 1 and her colleagues considered whether people’s income, ed- ucation, and social standing affected how quickly their multiple sclerosis (MS) worsened. The rate at which MS ...
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Performance in daily activities, cognitive impairment and perception in multiple sclerosis patients and their caregivers
... Among the BICAMS tests, SDMT had the strongest correlation with DAs. These results confirm a role for the SDMT in the principle battery of tests used for MS neuropsychological assessment and as a possible screen- ing ...
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Neuroimmune interaction between multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease
... Multiple sclerosis patients have been reported both for UC and CD [6-8]. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory and degenerative disease of the white mat- ter of the central ...
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Early B-cell Factor gene association with multiple sclerosis in the Spanish population
... Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neu- rological diseases of young adults in Europe and North America ...by multiple genes with small individual ...
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Understanding Disability through Literature: The Portrayal of Characters with Multiple Sclerosis in Adult Fiction
... acknowledgements within Living Proof and Sweet Salt Air, both Kira Peikoff and Barbara Delinsky thanked the stem cell researchers and doctors who discussed the possibilities for stem cell research as a cure for MS. In ...
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Microvascular blood flow velocities measured with a retinal function imager: inter-eye correlations in healthy controls and an exploration in multiple sclerosis
... Background: The retinal microcirculation has been studied in various diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS). However, inter-eye correlations and potential differences of the retinal blood flow velocity ...
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A comparison of the brief international cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis and the brief repeatable battery in multiple sclerosis patients
... for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) has been developed as an international and standardized brief cognitive test, which is easily performed in everyday clinical practice for neuropsychological assessment in ...
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A systematic review of the effectiveness of self-management interventions in people with multiple sclerosis at improving depression, anxiety and quality of life
... Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, degenerative, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that affects approximately 2 million people globally ...
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Multiple sclerosis: an example of pathogenic viral interaction?
... For a long time a viral aetiology of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been suspected und discussed. Evidence for it has often been circumstantial and sometimes not reprodu- cible. However, in the past 20 to 30 ...
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Deciphering the role of DNA methylation in multiple sclerosis: emerging issues
... Protein-tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 may be implicated into immune system activation and inflammatory demyelination of MS patients [36]. MS patients were found to have a higher methylation level at the promoter 2 of SHP-1 ...
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HERV W polymorphism in chromosome X is associated with multiple sclerosis risk and with differential expression of MSRV
... Retroviruses typically consist of an internal region containing gag, pro, pol, and env genes, flanked by two long terminal repeats (LTR). Some HERVs have retained open reading frames (ORFs) putatively encoding func- ...
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Quantification of postural stability in minimally disabled multiple sclerosis patients by means of dynamic posturography: an observational study
... Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a widespread progressive neurologic disease with consequent impairments in daily activities. Disorders of balance are frequent and equilibrium tests are potentially ...
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An Atypical Presentation of Multiple Sclerosis
... Multiple Sclerosis (MS) involves an immune mediated process in which an abnormal response of the body’s immune system is directed against the central nervous system ...(CNS). Multiple ...
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Sexual Dysfunction in Iranian Azeri Women With Multiple Sclerosis: Levels and Correlates
... questionnaire, Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire-19 (MSISQ-19), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), and Beck Depression Inventory-Short Form (BDI-13) ...
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Epstein Barr Virus—The Cause of Multiple Sclerosis
... of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is largely unknown but Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is rare among individuals without serum EBV ...of Multiple Sclerosis ...tiple Sclerosis (MS) ...
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The MRZ reaction in primary progressive multiple sclerosis
... Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory auto- immune central nervous system (CNS) disorder dis- playing a variable disease course. At clinical onset, more than 85% of MS patients are classified as ...
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Dramatic recovery of steroid-refractory relapsed multiple sclerosis following Fingolimod discontinuation using selective immune adsorption
... MS: Multiple sclerosis; RRMS: Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis; IVMP: Intravenous 6-methyl prednisolone; SIA: Selective immuno adsorption; PEX: Plasma exchange; EDSS: Expanded disability ...
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Food and dietary patterns and multiple sclerosis: a case-control study in Belgrade (Serbia)
... Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a T-cell mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, typically begins in the early adult years. The aetiology of MS is unclear, but numerous studies suggest that ...
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