The age at onset in Multiple Sclerosis is associated with patient’s prognosis

Bratislava Medical Journal

D. Cierny¹ 

关键词: multiple sclerosis;    prognosis;    disability progression;    MSSS;    age at onset;   

DOI  :  10.4149/BLL_2017_071

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: AEPress, s.r.o.

【 摘 要 】

BACKGROUND: The causes of the individual differences in the rate of disability progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) are still not completely clear. According to the long-term prognosis of MS patients, the search for new valuable prognostic markers of “benign” or “malign” MS is necessary.OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to assess the possible association of MS onset age with the disease disability progression rate in Slovak patients with MS.METHODS: By the unique pattern of evaluation of disability progression rate using Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score (MSSS), each of 270 MS patients was defined as slow-progressing, mid-rate progressing or rapidly progressing.RESULTS: We found a significant differences in the age at onset between MS patients with different rate of disability progression (p(K-W)

【 授权许可】

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