Demographics and clinical characteristics of multiple sclerosis in Kuwait

Raed A. R.A. Alroughani; Samar Farouk S.F. Ahmed; Jasem Yousef J.Y. Al-Hashel

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Demographics and clinical characteristics of multiple sclerosis in Kuwait

Raed A. R.A. Alroughani, Samar Farouk S.F. Ahmed, Jasem Yousef J.Y. Al-Hashel

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Using the MS registries in two MS clinics in Kuwait, we studied the demographics and clinical characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS). Data of 736 patients (77.7% with relapsing remitting course) were analyzed. The mean age at onset and mean duration were 26.87 and 7.71 years, respectively. About 47.9% of patients had a disease duration ≤ 5 years. Cerebellar/brainstem and spinal manifestations were the presenting symptoms in 29.5 and 27.4%, of patients, respectively. The EDSS score was ≤ 3 in 72.8% of patients. We concluded that in Kuwait, the clinical characteristics of MS have important differences in terms of presentations at onset and disease progression as compared to regional cohorts. © 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	181-185
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Neurology
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000362270
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

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