how to cite this article: inaloo s, haghbin s. multiple sclerosis in children. iran j child neurol. 2013 spring;7(2):1-10.   multiple sclerosis (ms) is the most important immune-mediated demyelinated disease of human which is typically the disease of young adults. a total of 4% to 5% of ms population are pediatric. pediatric ms is defined as the appearance of ms before the age of sixteen. about...

abstract objective: according to the previous studies, 2-5 percent of patients with multiple sclerosis experienced the first episode of disease before the age 16.  since the age of onset among children is not similar to that in general population, clinicians often fail to early diagnose the disease. this study aims to determine the epidemiological and clinical patterns of ms among iranian child...

BACKGROUND Families of children who have disabilities experience multiple stressors. "Sense of coherence" (SOC) reflects a person's view of life and his or her capacity to respond to stressful situations. PURPOSE The purposes of this paper are to (I) introduce the concept of SOC; (2) review the literature on the stresses experienced by parents of children with disabilities; and (3) discuss ho...

background and aim: auditory processing disorders may have detrimental consequences on a child’s life, if undiagnosed and untreated. the multiple auditory processing assessment (mapa), as a valid model, has been introduced for central auditory processing assessment and diagnosis in school children. the purpose of this study was to design and evaluate the persian version of mapa for auditory pro...

objective multiple sclerosis (ms) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of central nervous system (cns) that is increasingly being recognized as a disease affecting children. however, the clinical features of childhood ms at onset have been rarely reported from asia. materials & methods this report presents a retrospective chart review of 26 patients with ms (20 females and 6 males), with an...

how to cite this article: inaloo s, haghbin s, moradi m, dashti h, safari n. acquired cns demyelinating syndrome in children referred to shiraz pediatric neurology ward. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring; 8(2):18-23. objective incidence of cns acquired demyelinating syndrome (ads), especially multiple sclerosis (ms) in children, appears to be on the rise worldwide. the objective of this study wa...

background: families with disabled children need more psycho-social considerations. motherhood care of the children with multiple disabilities is difficult. due to its importance, the aim of this study was to investigate the causal factors affecting loving care of mothers of children with multiple disabilities. methods: the study used a cross-sectional method in which 75 mothers of exceptional ...