2012
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2012000400008
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Venezuelan pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: Database records from the National Program for MS were searched for patients with an established diagnosis of MS whose first symptoms appeared before age 18. RESULTS: The national database held records of 1.710 patients; 3.8% had onset of the first symptoms before age 18. 46.7% were boys, yielding an F:M ratio of 1.13:1. Many children had a disease onset characterized … Show more

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“…The majority of patients presented with a relapsingremitting course of the disease (data not shown), similar to what was described in other epidemiological studies on pMS [22].…”
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confidence: 87%
“…The majority of patients presented with a relapsingremitting course of the disease (data not shown), similar to what was described in other epidemiological studies on pMS [22].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…[3][4][5] In the United States, a recent multi-center study reported the clinical characteristics of 490 children with multiple sclerosis. 6 Smaller case series from Germany, 7 Turkey, 8 Brazil, 9 Venezuela, 10 Iraq, 11 Kuwait, 12 Korea, 13 and Australia have been published allowing for global comparison of the phenotype. 14 To our knowledge, only a few studies of the incidence, prevalence, and characteristics of multiple sclerosis have been conducted in the UAE.…”
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“…Few case series on the epidemio logy and characteristics of MS starting in childhood and ado lescence have been published in the world. Except for four papers [6][7][8][9] , other publications have presented fewer than 100 cases each in their series [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] . When MS in Brazilian children and adolescents is considered, it is possible that some aspects are different from MS of European, Asian, North African, and North American counterparts.…”
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