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Clinical features of multiple sclerosis in the south of Brazil: a partial analysis

2009; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 67; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0004-282x2009000600021

1678-4227

Alessandro Finkelsztejn, Rafael do Amaral Cristovam, Gisele Silva de Moraes, Mariah Graziani de Souza Mello Lopes, Aline Vitali da Silva, Márcio Severo Garcia, Caroline Miotto Menegat Cola, Carlos Eduardo Bastiani, Lísia Barros Ferreira, Amanda Costa, Silvete Maria Brandão Schneider, Thirzá Baptista Frison,

Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis

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.