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Clinical features of multiple sclerosis in the south of Brazil: a partial analysis
Alessandro Finkelsztejn1, Rafael do Amaral Cristovam, Gisele Silva de Moraes
1Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. afinkels@portoweb.com.br
Unlabelled:
There are no published studies on the characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients from the south of Brazil.
Objective:
To identify the clinical features of a series of MS patients and to compare to other Brazilian series.
Method:
Retrospective study with 67 patients followed in The MS Reference Center - RS, Brazil during the year of 2008. We analyzed demographic and clinical data.
Results:
Most were women (74.6%), the general average age was 43.5 years old, and the general average EDSS score was 4.1. Of those patients, 81.8% had relapsing-remitting MS. Sexual dysfunction prevalence was 31.1% in men and 68.9% in women (p<0.01). We found a positive correlation (Spearman=0.444, p<0.05) between EDSS and depressive symptoms.
Conclusion:
This study showed a very similar sample compared to other states of Brazil. Moreover, there was found a high prevalence of sexual dysfunction and a straight relation between EDSS and depressive symptoms.
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