Yamout Bassem, El-Salem Khalid, Gebeily Souheil, Khoury Samia, Abu Zeid Nuhad, Hamoulila Khalid, Alhalabi Mohammed Salem, Hasan Zaki Noah, Al Hamadani Hasan, Hamoodi Hayder, Al Omar Ammar, Dahdaleh Maurice
1American University of Beirut Medical Center , Beirut , Lebanon.
Int J Neurosci. 2014 May;124(5):377-82. doi: 10.3109/00207454.2013.833198. Epub 2013 Sep 13.
The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is rapidly changing in many parts of the world. In a geographic area that was previously associated with low prevalence, recent studies showing high prevalence and fast rising incidence of MS in the Levant countries led us neurologists of this region to meet in a consensus panel, in order to share our latest findings in terms of MS epidemiology and consent on MS management in the Levant. Twelve neurologists and MS experts representing various countries of the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq) have met in Beirut on the 17(th) of February 2013, shared their latest epidemiological findings, discussed recent MS aspects in the region, and drafted a consensus on MS management relevant to this geographic area.
在世界许多地区，多发性硬化症（MS）的流行病学正在迅速变化。在一个以前患病率较低的地理区域，最近的研究表明，黎凡特国家的MS患病率很高且发病率迅速上升，这促使我们该地区的神经科医生召开了一次共识小组会议，以便分享我们在MS流行病学方面的最新发现，并就黎凡特地区的MS管理达成共识。2013年2月17日，来自黎凡特各国（黎巴嫩、叙利亚、约旦和伊拉克）的12名神经科医生和MS专家在贝鲁特会面，分享了他们最新的流行病学发现，讨论了该地区MS的最新情况，并起草了一份与该地理区域相关的MS管理共识。
