Demographic characteristics of patients with motor neuron disease subject to conditions of large industrial city in West Siberia
78 patients with motor neuron disease (MND) were examined. Prevalence of MND in urban population of Novosibirsk on 2008/01/01 is 3,46 per 100 000 of population. In majority of patients amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was revealed — 76 people (97,4%); primary lateral sclerosis was revealed in 1 c...
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| Language: | English |
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Siberian State Medical University (Tomsk)
2009-06-01
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| Series: | Бюллетень сибирской медицины |
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| Online Access: | https://bulletin.ssmu.ru/jour/article/view/1864 |
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| Summary: | 78 patients with motor neuron disease (MND) were examined. Prevalence of MND in urban population of Novosibirsk on 2008/01/01 is 3,46 per 100 000 of population. In majority of patients amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was revealed — 76 people (97,4%); primary lateral sclerosis was revealed in 1 case (1,3%), progressive bulbar paralysis was revealed also in 1 case (1,3%). There were 63 men (80,8%) and 15 women (19,2%) (ratio is 4,2 : 1,0). There was no people younger than 27 years for the moment when first symptoms of the disease were revealed. The major age group was 41 to 60 years (66 people — 84,6%). |
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| ISSN: | 1682-0363 1819-3684 |