Prevalence of multiple sclerosis door-to-door survey in Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-21

  Börü, Ülkü Türk ^a,c   Alp, Recep ^a   Sur, Haydar ^b   Gül, Levent ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 33746375973     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093895     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Nicoletti A, Patti F, Lo Fermo S, Sorbello V, Reggio E, Maimone D, Zuppia M, Reggio A: Possible increasing risk of multiple sclerosis in Catania, Sicily. Neurology 2005;65:1259-1263.
2. Pugliatti M, Riise T, Sotgiu MA, Sotgiu S, Satta WM, Mannu L, Sanna G, Rosatti G: Increasing incidence of multiple sclerosis in province Sassari, Northern Sardina. Neuroepidemiology 2005;25:129-134.
3. Kurtzke JF: Multiple sclerosis in time and space-geographic clues to cause. J Neurovirol 2000;6(suppl 2):2134-2140.
4. Fernández O, Luque G, San Roman C, Bravo M, Dean G: The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the Sanitary District of Vélez-Málaga, southern Spain. Neurology 1994;44:425-429.
5. Kurtzke JF: Epidemiology contributions to multiple sclerosis: an overview. Neurology 1980;30:61-79.
6. Kurtzke JF: Geographic distribution of multiple sclerosis: an update with special reference to Europe and the Mediterranean region. Acta Neurol Scand 1980;62:65-80.
7. Dean G, Aksoy H, Akalin T, Middleton L, Kyriallis K: Multiple sclerosis in the Turkish-and Greek-speaking communities of Cyprus. A United Nations (UNHCR) Bicommunal Project. J Neurol Sci 1997;145:163-168.
8. Bufill E, Blesa R, Galan I, Dean G: The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in region of Osona, Catalonia, northern Spain. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995;58:577-581.
9. Celik Y, Birgili O, Kiyat A ve Ark: Edirne sehir merkezinde multiple skleroz prevalansi calismasi. 39. Ulusal Noroloji Kongresi 22-26 Ekim 2003 Antalya/Turkiye (in Turkish).
10. Pireridou HN, Heliopoulos IN, Maltezos ES, Milanos IA: Epidemiological data of multiple sclerosis in province Evros. Eur Neurol 2003;49:8-12.
11. Milanov I, Georgiev D, Kmetska K, Jordanova L, Topalov N: Prevalance of multiple sclerosis in Bulgaria. Neuroepidemiology 1997;16:304-307.
12. Turkey Census 2000: Available at: www.die.gov.tr/sayimlar.htm.
13. Barkhof F, Filippi M, Miller DH, Scheltens P, Campi A, Polman CH, Comi G, Ader HJ, Losseff N, Valk J: Comparison of MRI criteria at first presentation to predict conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis. Brain 1997;120:2059-2069.
14. Tintoré M, Rovira A, Martinez MJ, Rio J, Diaz-Villoslada P, Brieva L, Borras C, Grive E, Capellades J, Montalban X: Isolated demyelinating syndromes: comparison of different MR imaging criteria to predict conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis. Am J Neuroradiol 2000;21:702-726.
15. Poser CM, Paty DW, Scheinberg L, McDonald WI, Davis FA, Ebers GC, Johnson KP, Sibley WA, Silberberg DH, Tourtellotte WW: New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: guidelines for research protocols. Ann Neurol 1983;13:227-237.
16. Kurtzke JF: Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: an expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Neurology 1983;33:1444-1452.
17. Rosati G: Descriptive epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Europe in 1980s: a critical overview. Ann Neurol 1994;36(suppl 2):164-174.
18. Fasbender P, Kolmel HW, Weinshenker Revisited- a geographically based epidemiological survey of multiple sclerosis in Thuringia, Germany (abstract). Mult Scler 2003;9(suppl 1):S45.
19. Hammond SR, de Wytt C, Maxwell IC, Landry PJ, English D; McLead JG, McCall MG: The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Queensland, Australia. J Neurol Sci 1987;80:185-204.
20. Malatesta G, Gabriele A, Macor S, Giampietro A, Fulgente T, Gambi D: Diffusion of multiple sclerosis in two Italian provinces, Cieti-Pescara. Ital J Neurol Sci 1991;12(suppl 5):S83. Abstract.
21. Casetta I, Granieri E, Marchi D, Murgia SB, Tola MR, Ticca A, Lauria G, Govoni V, Murgia B, Pugliatti M: An epidemiological study of multiple sclerosis in central Sardinia, Italy. Acta Neurol Scand 1998;98:391-394.
22. Kurtzke JF: Epidemiology and etiology of multiple sclerosis. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2005;6:327-349.
23. Sundstrom P, Nystrom L, Forsgren L: Incidence (1988-97) and prevalence (1997) of multiple sclerosis in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:29-32.
24. Sumelahti ML, Tienari PJ, Hakama M, Wikstrom J: Multiple Sclerosis in Finland: incidence trends and differences in relapsing remitting and primary progressive disease courses. J. Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:25-28.
25. Sahraian M, Jangouk P, Tabaizadeh M, Safavi F, Lotfi J: Is multiple sclerosis increasing in Iran? (Abstract.) Gathering the ideas. Mult Scler 2005;11(suppl 1):S109.
26. Al-Araji A, Muhammed AI: Multiple Sclerosis in Iraq: does it have the same features encountered in Western countries? J Neurol Sci 2005;15:243:67-71.