title: [Clinical and epidemiological analysis of multiple sclerosis in the Karaganda region].
abstract: Results of an analysis of inpatients with multiple sclerosis in neurological units of Karaganda hospitals from 2006 to 2013 are presented. The following characteristics were identified: higher percentage of women of the age of 24-34, the prevalence of primary progressive and secondary progressive forms of multiple sclerosis that are most prognostically unfavorable, the level of disability of 52%. Attention is drawn to the fact that only 14% of the patients participate in therapeutic programs.
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Karaganda.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Abdrakhmanova
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Karaganda.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Belyayev
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Karaganda.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Tarasovа
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Karaganda.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Samojlenko