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| Title |
Characterization of the first symptoms of multiple sclerosis in a Brazilian center: cross-sectional study
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| Published in |
Sao Paulo Medical Journal, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1590/1516-3180.2016.0200270117 |
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| Authors |
Vitor Breseghello Cavenaghi, Fernanda Martinho Dobrianskyj, Guilherme Sciascia do Olival, Rafael Paternò Castello Dias Carneiro, Charles Peter Tilbery |
| Abstract |
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, immune-mediated and degenerative central nervous system (CNS) disease with well-established diagnostic criteria. Treatment can modify the course of the disease. The objective of this study was to describe the initial symptoms of multiple sclerosis in a Brazilian medical center. Descriptive study, conducted in a Brazilian reference center for multiple sclerosis treatment. Data on 299 patients with confirmed diagnoses of MS were included in the study. Their medical files were evaluated and the data were analyzed. The most common symptom involved the cranial nerves (50.83%) and unifocal manifestation was presented by the majority of this population (73.91%). The mean time between the first symptom and the diagnosis was 2.84 years. Unifocal symptoms correlated with longer time taken to establish the diagnosis, with an average of 3.20 years, while for multifocal symptoms the average time taken for the diagnosis was 1.85 years. Unifocal onset was related to greater diagnostic difficulty. MS is a heterogeneous disease and its initial clinical manifestation is very variable. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 12 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 12 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 33% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 8% |
| Researcher | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 25% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 8% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 July 2017.
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