Relationship between disability and psychiatric outcome in multiple sclerosis patients and its determinants
Shady Safwat Hassan,
Esam S. Darwish,
Gellan K. Ahmed
et al.
Abstract:Background
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating central nervous system disease with diverse clinical manifestations. The present study aimed to compare the psychiatric outcomes of MS patients with full ambulatory versus impaired ambulatory function and identify the potential risk factors for disability in MS. Seventy MS patients were classified into two groups based on their Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores, Group A: full ambulatory (EDSS ≤ 4.5) (N = 48), Group… Show more
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