Knowledge regarding COVID-19 pandemic in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS): A report from Iran

Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2020 Jul:42:102193. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102193. Epub 2020 May 14.

¹ Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Neurology, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Universal Council of Epidemiology (UCE), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

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90% of MS patients knew that COVID-19 is in a pandemic stage.
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73% followed quarantine guidelines completely.
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All participants believed high person-to-person transmission rate of COVID-19.