da Gama Pereira Ana Beatriz Calmon Nogueira, Sampaio Lacativa Maria Clinete, da Costa Pereira Fernanda Ferreira Chaves, Papais Alvarenga Regina Maria
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurologia da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro- UNIRIO, Brasil; Universidade Severino Sombra, Vassouras, Brasil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurologia da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro- UNIRIO, Brasil; Hospital dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2015 Nov;4(6):572-9. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2015.08.004. Epub 2015 Aug 15.
Epidemiological studies of multiple sclerosis (MS) conducted in Latin America have revealed prevalence rates of this disease from low to medium. The aim of this study was to gather and analyze surveys on prevalence conducted in Brazil, noting its variability in different regions. Systematic review was held in electronic databases and manual search in abstracts concerning ECTRIMS, LACTRIMS and Brazilian Congress of Neurology. Nineteen studies made reference to prevalence rates that ranged from 1.36/100,000 to 27.2/100.000 inhabitants. More studies on the epidemiology of MS in Brazil will be needed for a better assessment of its prevalence and profile.
在拉丁美洲进行的多发性硬化症（MS）流行病学研究显示，该疾病的患病率处于低至中等水平。本研究的目的是收集并分析在巴西进行的患病率调查，注意其在不同地区的差异。我们在电子数据库中进行了系统综述，并在有关ECTRIMS、LACTRIMS和巴西神经病学大会的摘要中进行了人工检索。19项研究提到患病率在每10万居民1.36至27.2例之间。为了更好地评估巴西MS的患病率和特征，还需要更多关于MS流行病学的研究。
