Journal of Pediatrics Review، جلد ۱۲، شماره ۲، صفحات ۰-۰

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عنوان انگلیسی The Profile of Multiple Sclerosis Registry in Iranian Children: Background, Aims, Design and Preliminary Results
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Background: According to previous reports, between 2%-5% of cases with multiple sclerosis (MS) occur before the age of 16. This registry aims at providing a record for clinical and epidemiological features of MS among Iranian children in order to provide diagnostic criteria for policymakers and physicians.
Methods: The study goals are being achieved during two phases; first of which was ended and the second one is underway. The first phase was performed in one year to design and finalize a pediatric MS registry software. For this reason, all variables and registration methods were determined. The second phase that has been started since 2016 consists of routine data registry in national phase. The project information, including all cases, epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic factors are being reported based on different geographical areas of Iran. 
Results: We registered 932 cases with MS since 2017, of whom 74.4% were girls.There was no significant difference in mean age between girls and boys with MS (mean difference: 0.73 years, p=0.133). Most of the children were diagnosed between ages 15 and 18 (52.4%).
Conclusion: Registry for MS in children in Iran can improve the knowledge of health policy makers on incidence of MS in children throughout the country, the first and most common symptoms of MS in children , raising physicians' awareness about early diagnosis and treatment that consequently reduce  economic, psychological, and psychological burden of the disease.

کلیدواژه‌های انگلیسی مقاله Multiple sclerosis, Registry, Children, Epidemiology

نویسندگان مقاله | Ali Nikkhah
Department of Pediatric Neurology, School of Medicine, Pediatric Neurology Research Center, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.


| Mohammad Mahdi Nasehi
Department of Pediatric Neurology, School of Medicine, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.


| Mahmood Moosazadeh
Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Non-communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.


| Sasan Saket
Department of Pediatric Neurology, School of Medicine, Pediatric Neurology Research Center, Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.


| Mahdi Afshari
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.


| Reza Alizadeh-Navaei
Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Non-communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.



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موضوعات مقاله منتشر شده Pediatric Neurology
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