Is the Iranian revolution to blame for the increasing incidence of multiple sclerosis in Iran?

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-69

  Maghzi, Amir Hadi ^a,c,f   Sahraian, Mohammad Ali ^e   Shaygannejad, Vahid ^c,d   Minagar, Alireza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^c Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center   (Iran)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

AIR POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84867469783     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341848     Document Type: Letter

References (14)

1. Pakpoor J, Ramagopalan SV: Multiple sclerosis and the Iranian revolution. Neuroepidemiology 2012; 38:122.
2. Etemadifar M, Maghzi AH: Sharp increase in the incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Isfahan, Iran. Mult Scler 2011; 17:1022-1027.
3. Saadatnia M, Etemadifar M, Maghzi AH: Multiple sclerosis in Isfahan, Iran. Int Rev Neurobiol 2007; 79: 357-375.
4. Sahraian MA, Khorramnia S, Ebrahim MM, Moinfar Z, Lotfi J, Pakda-man H: Multiple sclerosis in Iran: a demographic study of 8, 000 patients and changes over time. Eur Neurol 2010; 64:331-336.
5. Maghzi AH, Marta M, Bosca I, Etemadifar M, Dobson R, Maggiore C, Giovannoni G, Meier UC: Viral pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis: a role for Epstein-Barr virus infection? Pat hophysiolog y 2011; 18: 13-20.
6. Maghzi AH, Etemadifar M, Heshmat-Ghahdarijani K, Moradi V, No-nahal S, Ghorbani A, Minagar A: Cigarette smoking and the risk of multiple sclerosis: a sibling case-control study in Isfahan, Iran. Neuro-epidemiology 2011; 37: 238-242.
7. Alonso A, Cook SD, Maghzi AH, Divani AA: A case-control study of risk factors for multiple sclerosis in Iran. Mult Scler 2011; 17:550-555.
8. Hovsepian S, Amini M, Aminorroaya A, Amini P, Iraj B: Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among adult population of Isfahan City, Iran. J Health Popul Nutr 2011; 29:149-155.
9. Moussavi M, Heidarpour R, Aminorroaya A, Pournaghshband Z, Amini M: Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Isfahani high school students in 2004. Horm Res 2005; 64:144-148.
10. Rabbani A, Alavian SM, Motlagh ME, Ashtiani MT, Ardalan G, Sala-vati A, Rabbani B, Shams S, Parvaneh N: Vitamin D insufficiency among children and adolescents living in Tehran, Iran. J Trop Pediatr 2009; 55: 189-191.
11. Guzel R, Kozanoglu E, Guler-Uysal F, Soyupak S, Sarpel T: Vitamin D status and bone mineral density of veiled and unveiled Turkish women. J Womens Health Gend Based Med 2001; 10:765-770.
12. Guimond C, Dyment DA, Ramagopalan SV, Giovannoni G, Criscuoli M, Yee IM, Ebers GC, Sadovnick AD: Prevalence of MS in Iranian immigrants to British Columbia, Canada. J Neurol 2010; 257: 667-668.
13. Ahlgren C, Oden A, Lycke J: A nationwide survey of the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in immigrant populations of Sweden. Mult Scler 2011.
14. Maghzi AH, Ghazavi H, Ahsan M, Etemadifar M, Mousavi S, Khorvash F, Minagar A: Increasing female preponderance of multiple sclerosis in Isfahan, Iran: a population-based study. Mult Scler 2010; 16:359-361.