COVID-19 Vaccination in People with Multiple Sclerosis. the Kuwait Experience

1,2Raed Alroughani, 3,4Jasem Al-Hashel, 3Fathi Abokalawa, 4Malak Almojel, 3,5Samar Farouk Ahmed 1Amiri Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; 2MS clinic, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; 3Neurology Department, Ibn Sina hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; 4Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; 5Minia University, Minia, Egypt Background: Two vaccine (BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) have been approved to be used in…

Incidence, Severity, Outcomes, and Risk Factors of COVID-19 in Multiple Sclerosis: An Observational Study in the Middle East

1Raed Alroughani, 2Jihad Said Inshasi, 3Jasem Al-Hashel, 4Jaber Alkhaboury, 4Abdullah Alsalti, 2Reem Al Suwaidi, 5Loqman H. Hassino, 6,7Samar Farouk Ahmed 1Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Amiri Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait; 2Neurology Department, Rashid Hospital and Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 3Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait; 4Neurology Unit, College of…

Challenges of MS Patients for Receiving Health Care Services

1Sharareh Eskandarieh, 1Niloofar Jahromi, 1Narges Systena, 1Mohhamed Ali Sahraian 1Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating non-traumatic neurological disorder in young adults and can reduce quality of life (QoL) by interfering with work ability, leisure activities, and routine living tasks (1). Various…

Familial MS in the South Caspian Sea

1Seyedmohammad Baghbanian, 1Hadis Alinejad, 2Sharareh Eskandarieh, 2Mohammadali Sahraian 1Mazandaran University Of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; 2Tehran University Of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background/Objective(s): Mazandaran is a Caspian province in the north of Iran and with a population of more than three million people. The Mazanderani people’s ancestors came from the Caucasus region, perhaps displacing an…

Gender Based Epidemiologic Survey of Multiple Sclerosis Patients, a Report from Isfahan Province, Iran.

1Roshanak Mehdipour Dastjerdi, 1Fereshteh Ashtari 1Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 2Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan, Iran Background: The knowledge about gender based different characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) is important to find new strategies for further managing and treatment. On the other hand patientˈs sex can be an important risk factor for incidence…

A Nationwide Pharmaco Epidemiological Study of Multiple Sclerosis in Greece

1Christos Bakirtzis, 1Marina – Kleopatra Boziki, 1Eleni Grigoriadou, 1Evangelia Kesidou, 1Ioannis Nikolaidis, 1Styliani-Aggeliki Sintila, 2Theodoros Moysiadis, 2Dimitra Tsakona, 3Georgios Papazisis, 1Nikolaos Grigoriadis 1Multiple Sclerosis Center, B’ Department of Neurology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; 2Institute of Applied Biosciences, Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece; 3Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,…