Caracteristicas clínico-evolutivas e morbi-mortalidade de uma coorte de pacientes brasileiros com esclerose múltipla
Autor: | Maria Lucia Veluttini Pimentel, Fabiola Rachid Malfetano, Claudio Luiz Duque Estrada, Soniza Vieira Alves-Leon, Sérgio A. P. Novis, Assuncion Martinez Liem, Valeria Coelho Santa Rita Pereira |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent morbidity multiple sclerosis Severity of Illness Index Cohort Studies Young Adult Multiple Sclerosis Relapsing-Remitting Internal medicine Severity of illness Epidemiology medicine esclerose múltipla Humans Age of Onset Young adult epidemiologia Child morbidade mortalidade business.industry Multiple sclerosis Mortality rate Brasil Middle Aged Multiple Sclerosis Chronic Progressive medicine.disease mortality Surgery Neurology Cohort Female epidemiology Neurology (clinical) Age of onset business Brazil Cohort study |
Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Volume: 66, Issue: 3b, Pages: 671-677, Published: 2008 Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.66 n.3b 2008 Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Academia Brasileira de Neurologia instacron:ABNEURO |
Popis: | We studied the clinical and evolution characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients followed since the onset of HUCFF/UFRJ in 1978. The diagnosis of MS was based on Poser's et al. and MC Donald's et al. criteria. From 188 patients, 122 were included. Eighty-five were females. The mean age onset was 32.2 years-old (range 6.0 to 61.0±10.3), mainly Caucasians (82/67%). The relapsing-remitting course (MSRR) was more frequent (106/86.8%). Monosymptomatic onset was significantly more frequent in Caucasians than in Afro-Brazilians (p |
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