Prevalence and epidemiology of stroke in patients with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Maria-Ioanna StefanouVasileios GiannopapasDimitrios K KitsosMaria ChondrogianniAikaterini TheodorouMaria KosmidouPinelopi VlotinouChristos BakirtzisElizabeth AndreadouJohn S TzartosSotirios GiannopoulosGeorgios Tsivgoulis

Published in: Journal of neurology (2024)

The findings of the present meta-analysis indicate that MS is associated with an increased risk for ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke. Future well-designed epidemiological studies are warranted to corroborate the robustness of the present findings in the MS population.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
systematic review
mass spectrometry
multiple sclerosis
risk factors
case control
ms ms
randomized controlled trial
cerebral ischemia
subarachnoid hemorrhage