Nationwide survey of multiple sclerosis in Japan Clinical analysis of 1,084 cases
| Autor: | Katsuya Itahara, Hiroshi Shibasaki, Yasuo Toyokura, Akihiro Igata, Yoshigoro Kuroiwa, Shinzaburo Koshijima, Tadao Tsubaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Multiple Sclerosis Visual impairment Multiple sclerosis research Disease Nationwide survey Disability Evaluation Sex Factors Japan Cerebellum medicine Humans Clinical pathology business.industry Multiple sclerosis Neuromyelitis Optica Age Factors Optic Nerve medicine.disease Natural history Female Christian ministry Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Neurology. 25:845-845 |
| ISSN: | 1526-632X 0028-3878 |
| DOI: | 10.1212/wnl.25.9.845 |
| Popis: | Between October 1972 and October 1973, the first nationwide survey of the multiple sclerosis group of diseases in Japan was performed by the Multiple Sclerosis Research Committee of Japan, supported by the Japan Ministry of Health and Welfare. Reports on 1,084 patients with the multiple sclerosis group were collected: 509 patients with multiple sclerosis, 82 with Devic's disease, 357 with "multiple sclerosis possible," and 136 with "other or unclassified demyelinating diseases." The natural history in the present nationwide series of multiple sclerosis patients showed considerable similarity to that of patients in Western countries, suggesting that multiple sclerosis in Japan is essentially the same as that in the Western countries. However, the previously reported special characteristics of Japanese multiple sclerosis patients, namely, a higher rate of visual impairment at onset, a higher rate of optic nerve involvement during the course of illness, and a higher rate of Devic's disease, were reconfirmed in the present series. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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