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Multiple Sclerosis In Kenya: Demographic And Clinical Characteristics Of A Registry Cohort, Imran Jamal, Jasmit Shah, Peter Mativo, Juzar Hooker, Mitchell Wallin, Dilraj Sokhi
Multiple Sclerosis In Kenya: Demographic And Clinical Characteristics Of A Registry Cohort, Imran Jamal, Jasmit Shah, Peter Mativo, Juzar Hooker, Mitchell Wallin, Dilraj Sokhi
Internal Medicine, East Africa
Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the leading cause of non-traumatic neurological disability in young adults. There is limited literature regarding the burden of MS in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Objective: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with MS (PwMS) presenting to a tertiary referral hospital in Nairobi.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study for PwMS presenting to Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi from 2008–2018.
Results: 99 cases met the diagnostic criteria for MS with a male to female ratio of 1:4. Majority (68.7%) of PwMS were indigenous Africans with a mean age of onset …