Publication: Multiple sclerosis in Asia
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1977-01-01
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1526632X
00283878
00283878
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2-s2.0-0017332976
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Mahidol University
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Neurology. Vol.27, No.2 (1977), 188-192
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Yoshigoro Kuroiwa, Tsu Pei Hung, David Landsborough, Choongh Suh Park, Bhim S. Singhal, Sastrodiwirjo Soemargo, Athasit Vejjajiva, Hiroshl Shibasaki Multiple sclerosis in Asia. Neurology. Vol.27, No.2 (1977), 188-192. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/10330
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Multiple sclerosis in Asia
Abstract
Cases of multiple sclerosis were collected by Asian neurologists from recognized medical centers, using standardized formats similar to those used for the Japan nationwide multiple sclerosis survey. As a result, information on a total of 61 cases was collected from six neurologic centers in five Asian countries excluding Japan. Multiple sclerosis appears to be a rare disease throughout Asia. Certain clinical characteristics that had been previously noted in Japanese and other individual Asian series were again observed in the present Asian series. When compared with Western multiple sclerosis, the Asian multiple sclerosis cases showed a relatively higherfrequency of optic nerve involvement, frequently bilateral and severe, at the onset, as well as during the course of illness, and no rare occurrence of Devic’s syndrome. © 1977 American Academy of Neurology.