Autoimmune diseases have been described as an interesting and poorly understood group of disorders. There are many challenges in the respective scientific societies concerning the nature, causes and the therapeutic approaches of these diseases. In accordance with the evidences the nature and etiology of these disorders is multifactorial and complex but the clearest definition could be expressed...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder of central nervous system. This demyelinating disease affects more than 2.3 million people world wild. Most of patients are young adult. The most common type of MS is relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). However there is no cure, available modifying therapies has revolutionized the care of patients with RRMS. Interferon (IFN) be...

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neuroinflammatory disease that leads to distribute neurodegeneration in the grey and white matter of the brain.  In MS, age-related iron accumulation, chronic oxidative injury and activation of microglia are key factors to create neurodegeneration. Also concentration of CCL11 is increased in   multiple sclerosis. CCL11 can amplify glu...

purpose : to demonstrate visual evoked potential (vep) changes in multiple sclerosis (ms) disease methods : a case series study of vep changes in forty-nine patients with definite, probable and possible diagnoses of ms referred to electrophysiology ward from january 2002 to december 2005. pattern vep was done for those with good visual acuity (va), and flash vep was done for those who did not h...

objectives: multiple sclerosis is an incurable and chronic disease of the central nervous system. the main purpose of this survey is to compare the character types and life expectancy of patients suffering from m. s as compared with normal people. this survey was conducted using the persian translation of neo-ffi (neo-five factor inventory) and herth life expectancy. methods:thirty nine people ...

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune demyelinating disease, one of the most common symptoms which are urinary disorders. The review article provides information on epidemiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, clinical course and diagnostic features neurogenic dysfunctions lower tract in patients with multiple sclerosis. Attention drawn to need for early diagnosis dysfunctions, predetermines time...

background: multiple sclerosis is considered as an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that is the main cause of disability in young adults around the world. the purpose of this study was to determine changes in antibodies in the prognosis of multiple sclerosis, and the use of antibody against aquaporin 4 for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. materials and methods: in this case ...