Prevalence and predictors of bowel dysfunction in a large multiple sclerosis outpatient population: an Italian multicenter study.

Bisecco AlvinoFornasiero AriannaBianco AssuntaCortese Antoniod'Amico EmanueleMataluni GiorgiaSinisi LeonardoSpitaleri DanieleDocimo RenatoMaria Chiara BuscarinuMirabella MassimilianoSebastiano Giuseppe CrisafulliZanghì AuroraCarolina Gabri NicolettiSalvetti MarcoBaione ViolaPatti FrancescoAlessandra Girolama MarfiaSibilia GraziaScarano ValentinaOrlando DavideStabile GiovanniTedeschi GioacchinoAntonio Gallo

Published in: Journal of neurology (2021)

This study confirms the relatively high prevalence of moderate/severe BD in a large, multicenter, unselected, outpatient MS population. BD appears to be mainly associated to female sex and MS-related disability.

Keyphrases

multiple sclerosis
mass spectrometry
white matter
ms ms
risk factors
oxidative stress
early onset
high intensity
cross sectional
drug induced