Multiple sclerosis ms is a chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Multiple sclerosis ms is a disorder characterized by a demyelinating, autoimmune and inflammatory process of the nervous system. Multiple sclerosis is the major cause of neurological disability in young and middleaged adults. Patient was admitted for a rapidly progressive neurological deterioration. Multiple sclerosis ms is infrequent in childhood 0. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Using the methodology of medicine based on the evidence the levels of evidence and the degrees of recommendation were established. Multiple sclerosis ms is a chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease characterized by focal areas of demyelinationaxonal damage known as plaques. The diagnostic criteria currently used include clinical or paraclinical demonstration of the dissemination of these lesions in space and time, and the exclusion of alternative. There are different etiological hypotheses talking of a close interrelation among predisposing genetic factors and dissimilar environmental factors, able to give raise to autoimmune response. It is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system whose evolution is unpredictable and its effects and symptoms are varied1,2. Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report.
Ms is increasingly recognized in the pediatric population, and it is usually diagnosed around 15 years of age. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Multiple sclerosis ms is the most common inflammatory disease of human central nervous system cns, which is characterized by inflammatory demyelination and neuroaxonal injuryloss. However, the disco v e r y of new ways of diagnosis as the magnetic re sonance imaging mri and the new tre a t m e n t s such as interferon 1a and 1b have provided an im p o r tant change in pronostic and quality of.
Esclerosis multiple em es una enfermedad desmielinizante del sistema nervioso central. Agencia dinformacio, avaluacio i qualitat en salut. Recently she had had multiple episodes of exacerbations. Multiple sclerosis main anatomopatological observation is the immunological destruction of myelin1. Ms in childhood, like in adults, is believed to involve a complex interaction between environmental triggers such as infections, genetic predisposition, and an abnormal autoimmune response. We present a 58 years old woman with multiple sclerosis diagnosed in 2007, she was treated with interferon and methylprednisolone with a stable disease until last year. The clinical course is usually characterized by severe.
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