Clinical characteristics of patients with multiple sclerosis enrolled in a new registry in Egypt.

Background: Epidemiological studies of multiple sclerosis (MS) are lacking in Egypt.

Objective: To study the characteristics of Egyptian patients with multiple sclerosis in a new registry in a major tertiary referral centre in Cairo, Egypt.

Subject And Methods: Patients were from the project MS database of the Multiple Sclerosis Unit at Ain Shams University Hospitals (N=950).