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SynthesisNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2024

The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Oceania, a systematic review, and meta-analysis.

Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi, Narges Ebrahimi, Elahe Haghparast, Mohsen Rastkar, Mahdieh Mokhberdezfuli, Mahsa Ghajarzadeh

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Synthesis in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Abdorreza Naser MoghadasiMultiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Narges EbrahimiDepartment of Immunology, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran.
Elahe HaghparastMedical School, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran.
Mohsen RastkarStudent's Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahdieh MokhberdezfuliMultiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahsa GhajarzadehDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. mghajar2@jhmi.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0890-8852

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOceania is a continent, covering more than 8 million km

methodsWe systematically searched PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. We also searched references of included studies, and conference abstracts. The search was done on January 1, 2023, by two independent researchers. We extracted the name of the first author, country, publication year, prevalence period, number of study participants, total female and male population, disease duration, type of MS, mean duration of the disease, mean age at disease onset, mean Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), and total female and male patients with MS.

resultsA literature search revealed 81,044 records; after deleting duplicates, 38,260 records remained. One hundred and six full texts were evaluated, and finally, seventeen studies remained for systematic review. Most studies were done in Newcastle; eight studies were done in 1961, 8 in 1981, 2 in 1996, and 2 in 2001. In all other years, only one study was done. The pooled prevalence of MS in 1961 in Oceania was estimated as 19.85/100,000 (I

conclusionsThe result of this systematic review and meta-analysis shows that the prevalence of MS has increased dramatically during the timespan in Oceania.

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Multiple SclerosisFemaleHumansMaleOceaniaPrevalenceMultiple sclerosisOceaniaPrevalence

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PMID37682389

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