oligoclonal bands (ocb) can be detected in a significant percentage (90%) of patients with multiple sclerosis (ms), however, a much lower percentage has been reported in some studies, mainly from oriental countries. on the other hand, ocb have been detected in other neurological disorders (ond), even in diseases without any definite evidence for inflammation in csf such as myasthenia gravis. th...

background multiple sclerosis (ms) is a demyelinating condition affecting the central nervous system. although the cause of this condition is unknown, patients with ms seem to have genetic vulnerability to certain environmental factors such as infection that could trigger this condition. objectives we conducted this study to determine whether ms risk increases following primary infection with e...

abstract introduction: multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune disease which affects the skeletal muscles and optical neural networks. weakness of ankle dorsi flexion and hip flexion muscles is commonly seen in consequence ms. the ankle foot orthosis (afo) is the most frequently prescribed orthoses to compensate for these weaknesses. it is generally believed that patients are commonly dissatis...

background: this study was done to detect multidrug resistant (mdr) and extremely drug resistant (xdr) of pseudomonas aeruginosa among strains isolated from patients in tehran, iran, due to importance of these phenotypes in treatment of human infections. methods: eighty eightp. aeruginosa were isolated from patients in tehran, iran, and identified by routine methods and pcr for oprl gene. their...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : the aim of the study was to assess the effects of combination of bortezomib moderate dose and continuous oral low dose melphalan and thalidomide and dexamethasone (bmtd regimen) in elderly patients aged ≥ 65 years with relapsed multiple myeloma (mm). methods : twenty four patients with advanced mm were enrolled to receive eight 3-week trea...

aim and background: multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system that causes major psychological challenges for patients all over the world. in this case, psychological interventions can be useful. this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) on depression, fatigue, and anxiety in multiple sclerosis patients.  method and materials:...

aim and background: this study reviewed the effectiveness of self-control training on quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis (ms). to do so, 40 patients with ms were selected through convenient sampling method among the study subjects with multiple sclerosis recorded in ardabil in 2012 (estimation: n = 350). methods and materials: this was a clinical trial designed as pretest postt...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: there is a broad variation in reported frequencies of seizure in multiple sclerosis (ms). in this study, the seizure and its characteristics analyzed among a large group of patients with ms. materials and methods: we reviewed the medical records of all definite ms patients referred to the ms clinic of kashani h...

objective: multiple sclerosis (ms) is a progressive disease of cns and cognitive impairment is a common concomitant of it that affects various aspects of cognitive functioning like attention and memory as well as attentional complex tasks such as selective attention. the present study investigated the effectiveness of attention rehabilitation on decreasing selective attention deficits in patien...