Abstract

Clinical Features of Childhood Multiple Sclerosis

Highlights

  • The lack of awareness of a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) in children is emphasized in a review of MS

  • The clinical and paraclinical features of multiple sclerosis (MS) were reviewed in a study of 36 of 890 (4%) MS patients whose symptoms began before 16 years of age and who were followed at Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

  • Visual impairment due to optic neuritis occurred at onset in 17%

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Introduction

The clinical and paraclinical features of multiple sclerosis (MS) were reviewed in a study of 36 of 890 (4%) MS patients whose symptoms began before 16 years of age and who were followed at Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. The average age at onset of MS in children was 12.9 years (range, 8-16 years). Girls (23) were affected more often than boys (9), with a sex ratio of 2.5:1. The sex ratio in the total MS population was 1.47:1, and the difference was highly significant (PO.OOOl).

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