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<journal>
<title>Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal</title>
<title_fa>مجله علوم اعصاب پایه و بالینی</title_fa>
<short_title>BCN</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://bcn.iums.ac.ir</web_url>
<journal_hbi_system_id>137</journal_hbi_system_id>
<journal_hbi_system_user>journal137</journal_hbi_system_user>
<journal_id_issn>2008-126X</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2228-7442</journal_id_issn_online>
<journal_id_pii></journal_id_pii>
<journal_id_doi>10.32598/bcn</journal_id_doi>
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<journal_id_magiran></journal_id_magiran>
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<language>en</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1398</year>
	<month>12</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2020</year>
	<month>3</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>11</volume>
<number>2</number>
<publish_type>online</publish_type>
<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
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	<article>


	<language>en</language>
	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa></title_fa>
	<title>Evaluation of the Opinion of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis on the Outcomes of Catching COVID-19 and Its Effects on the MS Symptoms</title>
	<subject_fa>Behavioral Neuroscience</subject_fa>
	<subject>Behavioral Neuroscience</subject>
	<content_type_fa>Commentary</content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Commentary</content_type>
	<abstract_fa></abstract_fa>
	<abstract>&lt;strong&gt;Introduction: &lt;/strong&gt;To assess the opinion of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) on the outcomes of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) and its effects on MS symptoms if they catch coronavirus. A cross-sectional study was performed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;Considering the study objectives, a questionnaire was designed and prepared as a Google Form for MS patients for one week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; A total of 148 MS patients with an average age of 35.73 years completed the questionnaire. The most important concern of the participants was &amp;ldquo;a high prevalence of COVID-19&amp;rdquo; following by the &amp;ldquo;MS symptoms worsening&amp;rdquo;. Many participants (35%) believed that, if they catch COVID-19 they will be cured. However, the treatment will take more time for them in comparison with the general population. About 39.8% of the patients stated that COVID-19 infection does not affect the MS symptom, but others noted that, it can cause relapse (30.8%) or worsen MS symptoms (29.3%).&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; This study revealed that MS patients are more anxious about the effects of COVID-19 on their underlying disease rather than the infection itself.&amp;nbsp;</abstract>
	<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
	<keyword>Multiple Sclerosis, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Outcome, Concerns</keyword>
	<start_page>201</start_page>
	<end_page>206</end_page>
	<web_url>http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2520-1&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=1</web_url>


<author_list>
	<author>
	<first_name>Nasim</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Rezaeimanesh</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>13700319475328460025985</code>
	<orcid>13700319475328460025985</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Mohammad Ali</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Sahraian</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>13700319475328460025986</code>
	<orcid>13700319475328460025986</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Abdorreza</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Naser Moghadasi</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>abdorrezamoghadasi@gmail.com</email>
	<code>13700319475328460025987</code>
	<orcid>13700319475328460025987</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


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	</article>
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