Significant Increase in the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in Iran in 2011

• Alireza Hamidian Jahromi Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA;

• Alireza Heidary Department of Transplantation and Special Diseases, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

• Alireza Nikseresht Department of Neurology, Motahari Clinic, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

• Maryam Sharifia Department of Neurology, Motahari Clinic, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran and Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

• Mohammad Aghighi Department of Transplantation and Special Diseases, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

• Mohammad Ali Sahraian Department of Neurology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

• Sadegh Izadi Department of Neurology, Motahari Clinic, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran