background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is the most common demyelinating and inflammatory disease of the central nevus system especially in young adults, but in a subgroup of patients the first clinical symptoms present after the age of 50. this clinical presentation is defined as late-onset multiple sclerosis (loms). the incidence and prevalence of ms including loms vary geographically. the aim of...

how to cite this article: naser moghaddasi a. neuroplasticity in early onset multiple sclerosis. iran j child neurol. 2014autumn;8(4): 80-81.   letter to editor, has not abstract. references boiko a, vorobeychik g, paty d, devonshire v, sadovnick d; neurologists. early onset multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study. neurology 2002; 59(7):1006-10. inaloo s, haghbin s. multiple sclerosis in child...

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...

The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging metrics of paediatric-onset multiple sclerosis to adult-onset multiple sclerosis. It was a prospective comparison of clinical and magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of two paediatric onset multiple sclerosis and two adult onset multiple sclerosis groups that were matched for disease duratio...

conclusions our study suggests that the personality traits of patients with ms and healthy individuals are not significantly different. patients with ms are likely to use the same coping strategies as healthy individuals, except in the subscale of distancing. results no significant differences in personality characteristics were observed between patients and healthy controls (all p > 0.05). onl...