How global MS prevalence is changing: A retrospective chart review in the United Arab Emirates
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- 作者：Nicoline Schiess ; nschies1@jhmi.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Katherine Huether ; Taghreed Fatafta ; Kathryn C. Fitzgerald ; Peter A. Calabresi ; Iain Blair ; Taoufik Alsaadi ; Miklos Szolics
- 关键词：Multiple sclerosis ; United Arab Emirates (UAE) ; Prevalence ; Incidence ; Disease modifying therapy ; Epidemiology
- 刊名：Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：9
- 期：Complete
- 页码：73-79
- 全文大小：682 K
文摘
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Reported MS prevalence rates in the Middle East are low.
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Few studies include age/sex standardization giving unreliable prevalence estimates.
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A retrospective chart review of MS in Abu Dhabi was conducted.
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At 64.44/100,000, the Abu Dhabi Emirati population has a high Arab prevalence rate.
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Age/sex standardized prevalence rates should be standard for all prevalence studies.