Abstract:
:On December 31, 1988 there were 201 registered multiple sclerosis patients in Kuwait, an overall prevalence rate (PR) of 10.2 per 100,000; among them were 186 Arabs, of whom 72 were Palestinians and 51 Kuwaitis. Comparison of these two subgroups, who had a similar age distribution revealed that the disease was 2 1/2 times more frequent among Palestinians (PR 23.8/100,000) than among Kuwaitis (PR 9.5/100,000). Palestinians also showed significant differences from Kuwaitis in eye color, blood group distribution and HLA-DR and HLA-DQW epitopes frequency. This suggests that genetic rather than environmental factors might be the underlying cause for the high susceptibility to develop MS among Arabs originating from the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
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J Neurol Scijournal_title
Journal of the neurological sciencesauthors
al-Din AS,Khogali M,Poser CM,al-Nassar KE,Shakir R,Hussain J,Behbahani K,Chadha Gdoi
10.1016/0022-510x(90)90024-hsubject
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1990-12-01 00:00:00pages
137-41issue
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0022-510Xissn
1878-5883pii
0022-510X(90)90024-Hjournal_volume
100pub_type
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