Multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years: the Brazilian experience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) starting in childhood and adolescence poses a challenge for diagnosis and management of the disease. The aim of the present study was to assess the characteristics of early onset MS in Brazilian patients. Methods Retrospective data collection from specialized MS units. Res...
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| author | Yara Dadalti Fragoso Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira Nivea de Macedo Oliveira Morales Walter Oleschko Arruda Joseph Bruno Bidin Brooks Denise Sisterolli Diniz Carneiro Margarete de Jesus Carvalho Elizabeth Regina Comini-Frota Eber Castro Correa Carlos Augusto de Albuquerque Damasceno Renan Barros Domingues Alessandro Finkelsztejn Paulo Diniz da Gama Sidney Gomes Marcus Vinicius Magno Goncalves Anderson Kuntz Grzesiuk Jussara Mathias Netto Khouri Damacio Ramon Kaimen-Maciel Maria Fernanda Mendes Rogerio de Rizo Morales Sonia Beatriz Felix Ribeiro Taysa Alexandrino Gonsalves Jube Ribeiro Livia Brito Bezerra de Albuquerque Andrea Anacleto Juliana Finkelsztejn Rodrigo Assad Diniz da Gama Josiane Lopes Celso Luis Silva Oliveira Francisco Tomaz Meneses Oliveira Leopoldo Antonio Pires Patricia Correia de Oliveira Saldanha Adelia Henriques Souza Alex Eduardo da Silva |
| author_facet | Yara Dadalti Fragoso Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira Nivea de Macedo Oliveira Morales Walter Oleschko Arruda Joseph Bruno Bidin Brooks Denise Sisterolli Diniz Carneiro Margarete de Jesus Carvalho Elizabeth Regina Comini-Frota Eber Castro Correa Carlos Augusto de Albuquerque Damasceno Renan Barros Domingues Alessandro Finkelsztejn Paulo Diniz da Gama Sidney Gomes Marcus Vinicius Magno Goncalves Anderson Kuntz Grzesiuk Jussara Mathias Netto Khouri Damacio Ramon Kaimen-Maciel Maria Fernanda Mendes Rogerio de Rizo Morales Sonia Beatriz Felix Ribeiro Taysa Alexandrino Gonsalves Jube Ribeiro Livia Brito Bezerra de Albuquerque Andrea Anacleto Juliana Finkelsztejn Rodrigo Assad Diniz da Gama Josiane Lopes Celso Luis Silva Oliveira Francisco Tomaz Meneses Oliveira Leopoldo Antonio Pires Patricia Correia de Oliveira Saldanha Adelia Henriques Souza Alex Eduardo da Silva |
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| description | Multiple sclerosis (MS) starting in childhood and adolescence poses a challenge for diagnosis and management of the disease. The aim of the present study was to assess the characteristics of early onset MS in Brazilian patients. Methods Retrospective data collection from specialized MS units. Results From 20 MS units in 11 Brazilian states, 117 cases of MS starting before the age of 18 years were collected. These patients had an average of 10 years of disease duration, still typically with low disability and one relapse every 2.5 years. The mean age for disease onset was 13.7 years. Conclusion The present study introduces a large series of Brazilian cases of pediatric MS. Although some patients presented a very severe form of MS, on the whole the group of patients with MS starting in childhood or adolescence presented a relatively mild form of this disease in Brazil. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-db79d7fde9674564809ef93dd6d1043a2025-08-20T02:21:16ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272013-10-01711078378710.1590/0004-282X20130122S0004-282X2013001100783Multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years: the Brazilian experienceYara Dadalti FragosoMaria Lucia Brito FerreiraNivea de Macedo Oliveira MoralesWalter Oleschko ArrudaJoseph Bruno Bidin BrooksDenise Sisterolli Diniz CarneiroMargarete de Jesus CarvalhoElizabeth Regina Comini-FrotaEber Castro CorreaCarlos Augusto de Albuquerque DamascenoRenan Barros DominguesAlessandro FinkelsztejnPaulo Diniz da GamaSidney GomesMarcus Vinicius Magno GoncalvesAnderson Kuntz GrzesiukJussara Mathias Netto KhouriDamacio Ramon Kaimen-MacielMaria Fernanda MendesRogerio de Rizo MoralesSonia Beatriz Felix RibeiroTaysa Alexandrino Gonsalves Jube RibeiroLivia Brito Bezerra de AlbuquerqueAndrea AnacletoJuliana FinkelsztejnRodrigo Assad Diniz da GamaJosiane LopesCelso Luis Silva OliveiraFrancisco Tomaz Meneses OliveiraLeopoldo Antonio PiresPatricia Correia de Oliveira SaldanhaAdelia Henriques SouzaAlex Eduardo da SilvaMultiple sclerosis (MS) starting in childhood and adolescence poses a challenge for diagnosis and management of the disease. The aim of the present study was to assess the characteristics of early onset MS in Brazilian patients. Methods Retrospective data collection from specialized MS units. Results From 20 MS units in 11 Brazilian states, 117 cases of MS starting before the age of 18 years were collected. These patients had an average of 10 years of disease duration, still typically with low disability and one relapse every 2.5 years. The mean age for disease onset was 13.7 years. Conclusion The present study introduces a large series of Brazilian cases of pediatric MS. Although some patients presented a very severe form of MS, on the whole the group of patients with MS starting in childhood or adolescence presented a relatively mild form of this disease in Brazil.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013001100783&lng=en&tlng=enesclerose multiplacriancasadolescentespediatria |
| spellingShingle | Yara Dadalti Fragoso Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira Nivea de Macedo Oliveira Morales Walter Oleschko Arruda Joseph Bruno Bidin Brooks Denise Sisterolli Diniz Carneiro Margarete de Jesus Carvalho Elizabeth Regina Comini-Frota Eber Castro Correa Carlos Augusto de Albuquerque Damasceno Renan Barros Domingues Alessandro Finkelsztejn Paulo Diniz da Gama Sidney Gomes Marcus Vinicius Magno Goncalves Anderson Kuntz Grzesiuk Jussara Mathias Netto Khouri Damacio Ramon Kaimen-Maciel Maria Fernanda Mendes Rogerio de Rizo Morales Sonia Beatriz Felix Ribeiro Taysa Alexandrino Gonsalves Jube Ribeiro Livia Brito Bezerra de Albuquerque Andrea Anacleto Juliana Finkelsztejn Rodrigo Assad Diniz da Gama Josiane Lopes Celso Luis Silva Oliveira Francisco Tomaz Meneses Oliveira Leopoldo Antonio Pires Patricia Correia de Oliveira Saldanha Adelia Henriques Souza Alex Eduardo da Silva Multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years: the Brazilian experience Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria esclerose multipla criancas adolescentes pediatria |
| title | Multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years: the Brazilian experience |
| title_full | Multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years: the Brazilian experience |
| title_fullStr | Multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years: the Brazilian experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years: the Brazilian experience |
| title_short | Multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years: the Brazilian experience |
| title_sort | multiple sclerosis starting before the age of 18 years the brazilian experience |
| topic | esclerose multipla criancas adolescentes pediatria |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013001100783&lng=en&tlng=en |
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