Multiple sclerosis in Central America and Caribbean countries: frequency and clinical characterization of an emergent disease.

Autor: Gracia F; Neurology Service, Hospital Santo Tomás, Panamá, Panama.; Dean of Health Science Faculty, Universidad Interamericana de Panamá, Panamá, Panama., Ramírez Navarro DA; Neurology Service, Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic., Ramírez Sánchez NE; Neurology Service, Hospital Público Dr. Mario C. Rivas, San Pedro Sula, Honduras., Weiser R; Neurology Service, Hospital Horacio Oduber, Oranjestad, Aruba., Parajeles-Vindas A; Neurology Service, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San Jose, Costa Rica., Portillo Rivera LI; Neurology Service, Hospital General de Enfermedades, Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Guatemala, Guatemala., Torres EL; Neurology Service, Hospital Nacional Rosales, San Salvador, El Salvador., García Valle LA; Neurology Service, Hospital Militar Escuela Dr. Alejandro Dávila Bolaños, Managua, Nicaragua., Sanabria-Castro A; Neurology Service, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San Jose, Costa Rica., Abdón López C; Neurology Service, Hospital Nacional Rosales, San Salvador, El Salvador., Araujo P; Neurology Service, Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panama, Panama., Ayerdis Zamora MJ; Neurology Service, Hospital Bautista de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua., Balmaceda-Meza A; Neurology Service, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San Jose, Costa Rica., Benzadon Cohen A; Neurology Service, Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panama, Panama., Candelario Cueto A; Neurology Service, Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic., Castillo D; Neurology Service, Hospital Nacional Rosales, San Salvador, El Salvador., Castro-Escobar R; Neurology Service, Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, San Salvador, El Salvador., Corea Urbina KZ; Neurology Service, Hospital Militar Escuela Dr. Alejandro Dávila Bolaños, Managua, Nicaragua., de Peña Rivas A; Neurology Service, Centro de Diagnóstico, Medicina Avanzada Conferencias Médicas, Telemedicina (CEDIMAT), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic., Sotelo OD; Neurology Service, Hospital Militar Escuela Dr. Alejandro Dávila Bolaños, Managua, Nicaragua., Enamorado Claros T; Neurology Service, Instituto Hondureño de Seguro Social, Tegucigalpa, Honduras., Giroud Benítez JL; Neurology Service, Hospital Salud Integral, Managua, Nicaragua., Gracia K; Dean of Health Science Faculty, Universidad Interamericana de Panamá, Panamá, Panama., Larreategui M; Neurology Service, Hospital Regional Anita Moreno, Villa de Los Santos, Panama., Martínez Cerrato JA; Neurology Service, Hospital Vivian Pellas, Managua, Nicaragua., Medina Báez JP; Neurology Service, Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic., Menjivar Samayoa CE; Neurology Service, Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, San Salvador, El Salvador., Miranda-Loria G; Neurology Service, Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), Alajuela, Costa Rica., Monterrey-Alvarez P; Neurology Service, Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), Alajuela, Costa Rica., Morales Arguello LA; Neurology Service, Hospital Militar Escuela Dr. Alejandro Dávila Bolaños, Managua, Nicaragua., Ortiz M; Neurology Service, Hospital Santo Tomás, Panamá, Panama., Pérez Baldioceda CD; Neurology Service, Hospital Militar Escuela Dr. Alejandro Dávila Bolaños, Managua, Nicaragua., Pinilla Aguilar L; Neurology Service, Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panama, Panama., Salinas LCR; Neurology Service, Instituto Hondureño de Seguro Social, Tegucigalpa, Honduras., Rodríguez-Moreno V; Neurology Service, Hospital San Carlos, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San Carlos, Costa Rica., Rojas-Chaves S; Neurology Service, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San Jose, Costa Rica., Román-Garita N; Neurology Service, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San Jose, Costa Rica., Santos Pujols B; Neurology Service, Hospital Regional Universitario Jose Maria Cabral y Baez, Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic., Valderrama C; Neurology Service, Hospital Regional Rafael Hernández, David, Panama., Van Sijtveld I; Neurology Service, Hospital Horacio Oduber, Oranjestad, Aruba., Zabala Angeles I; Neurology Service, Centro de Diagnóstico, Medicina Avanzada Conferencias Médicas, Telemedicina (CEDIMAT), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic., Rivera VM; Neurology Service, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States., Armien B; Directorate of Research and Technological Development, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies, Panamá, Panama.; Sistema Nacional de Investigación, Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Panamá, Panama.

Publikováno v: Frontiers in epidemiology [Front Epidemiol] 2024 Jun 17; Vol. 4, pp. 1368675. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 17 (Print Publication: 2024).