Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology in East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Sharareh Eskandarieh,
Pouria Heydarpour,
Alireza Minagar,
Shadi Pourmand,
Mohammad Ali Sahraian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000444019
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , cochrane library , population , china , demography , east asia , multiple sclerosis , medline , environmental health , meta analysis , geography , pathology , immunology , physics , archaeology , sociology , optics , political science , law
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic immune-mediated diseases of the human central nervous system and an important cause of non-traumatic neurologic disability among young population in several countries. Recent reports from East Asia, South East Asia and South Asia have proposed a low to moderate prevalence of MS in these countries.
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