Volume 22 (2023)
Volume 21 (2022)
Volume 20 (2021)
Volume 19 (2020)
Volume 18 (2019)
Volume 17 (2018)
Volume 16 (2017)
Volume 15 (2016)
Volume 14 (2015)
Volume 13 (2014)
Volume 12 (2013)
Volume 11 (2012)
Volume 10 (2011)
Factors associated with the number of months of delaying in multiple sclerosis diagnosis: Comparison of count regression models

Abolfazl Hosseinnataj; Roya Nikbakht; Seyed Nouraddin Mousavinasab; Sharareh Eskandarieh; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Seyed Mohammad Baghbanian

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 26 March 2023

Abstract
  Background: It may take a long time to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) since the emergence of primary symptoms. This study aimed to use count regression models to compare their fit and to identify factors affecting delay in the diagnosis of MS.Methods: Data were collected from the Nationwide MS Registry ...  Read More

Waterpipe and cigarette smoking and drug and alcohol consumption, and the risk of primary progressive multiple sclerosis: A population-based case-control study

Seyyed Hosein Mortazavi; Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi; Amir Almasi-Hashiani; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Hooman Goudarzi; Sharareh Eskandarieh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 April 2023

Abstract
  Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic central nervous system disease, and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) is one the main types of MS, which has unknown environmental risk factors.   The present study was conducted with the aim to identify the association of waterpipe and ...  Read More

Epidemiological parameters of multiple sclerosis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran

Mohammad Amin Omrani; Asghar Bayati; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Sharareh Eskandarieh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 16 April 2023

Abstract
  Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease with a high burden and disability. There are reports of various medications’ side effects on patients with MS. The aim of the study is to determine the characteristics and medicine usage distribution among patients with MS in Chaharmahal ...  Read More

Comparison of side effects of the dose-1 of AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines in patients with multiple sclerosis in Kermanshah, Iran (2021)

Nazanin Razazian; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Mansour Rezaei; Sharareh Eskandarieh; Kianoosh Khamoushian; Seyede Elham Mousavi; Negin Fakhri

Volume 22, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 8-15

Abstract
  Background: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination is recommended for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). This study evaluated the side effects of Sinopharm and AstraZeneca vaccines in MS patients.Methods: In this cross-sectional study among MS patients in Kermanshah province, Iran, who received Sinopharm ...  Read More

Challenges of patients with multiple sclerosis in receiving health care services in Iran

Niloofar Jahromi; Sharareh Eskandarieh; Nazanin Maleki; Narges Sistany-Allahabadi; Mohammad Ali Sahraian

Volume 22, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 16-22

Abstract
  Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating, non-traumatic, neurological disorder in young adults and can reduce quality of life (QoL) by interfering with the ability to work, leisure activities, and routine living tasks. Various studies have shown the dissatisfaction of people with MS in different ...  Read More

Implementing coronavirus disease 2019 scale-up registry protocol in national multiple sclerosis registry system of Iran

Sharareh Eskandarieh; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi

Volume 20, Issue 4 , October 2021, , Pages 241-245

https://doi.org/10.18502/cjn.v20i4.8351

Abstract
  Background: The national multiple sclerosis (MS) registry is aimed at monitoring and improving quality of care and providing feedback to improve health outcomes by systematic recording of data. In 2018, the nationwide MS registry of Iran (NMSRI) was initiated for collecting epidemiological data and information ...  Read More

Environmental risk factors of multiple sclerosis in the Middle East and North Africa region: A systematic review

Hossein Maroufi; Seyyed Hosein Mortazavi; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Sharareh Eskandarieh

Volume 20, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 166-184

https://doi.org/10.18502/cjn.v20i3.7693

Abstract
  Background: The environmental factors play a role as risk factors of multiple sclerosis (MS). This study aimed at gathering environmental risk factors of MS in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Methods: We used MEDLINE and EMBASE databases by a systematic review method. Out of a total of 123 studies, ...  Read More

Medical history risk factors in primary progressive multiple sclerosis: A case-control study

Hossein Maroufi; Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi; Hossein Rezaei-Aliabadi; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Sharareh Eskandarieh

Volume 20, Issue 2 , April 2021, , Pages 86-94

https://doi.org/10.18502/cjn.v20i2.6744

Abstract
  Background: The association betweenmedical history and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) development has not been well documented in the pertinent literature.The possible association between 23 medical diseases and PPMS occurrence was assessed in the present study. Methods: In order to figure ...  Read More

Economic sanctions against Iran as an important factor in threatening the health of patients with multiple sclerosis

Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi; Sharareh Eskandarieh

Volume 20, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 15-22

https://doi.org/10.18502/cjn.v20i1.6375

Abstract
  Background: After intensified economic sanctions against Iran, decreased welfare of patients were more recognizable. The present study was aimed at identifying the challenges and stress level experienced by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) regarding treatment and health care services in 2018-2019 ...  Read More

Association of cigarette smoking with neuromyelitis optica-immunoglobulin G sero-positivity in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Sharareh Eskandarieh; Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Amir Reza Azimi; Negar Molazadeh

Volume 18, Issue 3 , August 2019, , Pages 93-98

Abstract
  Background: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a neuroinflammatory demyelinating disease caused by the presence of a highly specific serum autoantibody marker, NMO-immunoglobulin G (NMO-IgG), that reacts against the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4). The present study examined the association ...  Read More