melatonin has both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory properties depending on the stage of inflammation. despite its therapeutic effect in alleviation of some symptoms of multiple sclerosis; the precise role of melatonin in ms pathogenesis remains a topic of debate. the aim of this study was to measure the urine level of one of melatonin products which is an index of serum melatonin level, ...

objective: multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic disease with prominent neurological and behavioral and psychiatric manifestations and unknown etiology which is demarcated with inflammation and destruction of white matter of brain and spinal cord and its replacement with gliotic tissue in young aged people and particularly females. the role of trace elements in multiple sclerosis is set forth in...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune disease that affects physical and emotional aspects of patient's lives. the aim of this study was to evaluate emotional intelligence (ei) in cases with ms.one hundred sixty six clinically definite ms and 110 healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. all participants filled valid and reliable persian version emotional quotient inventory (eq-i) questio...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system associated to myelin loss and neurodegeneration. clinically patients suffer from diverse symptoms and face the risk to become wheelchair-bound. at the moment ms is incurable, thus there is an unmet need for therapeutic options.

conclusions the results of this study showed a possible association between cmv infection and ms. further experimental and epidemiological studies using case-control approaches are needed to confirm this association. results anti-cmv was positive in 65 (79.3%) and 69 (77.5%) of the ms patients and healthy subjects, respectively (p= 0.853). similarly, 23 (28%) and 2 (2.2%) patients were positive...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms), the most common demyelinating disease of the cns, is immunologically mediated in genetically susceptible individuals. receptors for the fc fragment of igg (fcγr) might induce inflammatory responses through linking the humoral and cellular immune responses by targeting immune complexes to effector cells. polymorphisms in some fcγr genes are associated with va...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and autoimmune disease.MS is characterized by blood brain barrier breakdown, inflammation, axonal injury, degeneration of the myelin sheath and etc. A significant association between inflammation and degeneration of neurons is observed in the brain. Also active MS lesions always associated with inflammation thus inflammation is a target for treatment o...

Background: Identifying the predictors of pain is important for both health professionals and researchers, because pain has repeatedly been found to be a strong predictor of activity limitations and participation restrictions. The objective of this study was to determine the predictors of pain presence and severity in a large, well-designed sample of community dwelling individuals with multip...

a prior history of healthy lifestyle may be misleading when we consider associated risk factors for developing a serious and debilitating condition such as multiple sclerosis under extreme stress. the author reports a case of a woman who lived a healthy life and yet experienced an unexpected event leading to the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. the patient’s condition was predominantly provoked...