Multiple sclerosis in Pakistan
Document Type
Article
Department
Neurology
Abstract
We describe retrospective data from the largest series of patients (n=142) with multiple sclerosis (MS) from Pakistan. Mean age at onset was 27 years, with a female to male ratio of 1.45:1. The disease onset was polysymptomatic in 75% patients. Motor weakness was the most common onset symptom (70%), followed by sensory symptoms (45%). Optico-spinal type of MS was seen in only 3% of patients The course was relapsing-remitting (RR) in 81%, primary progressive (PP) in 21%, and secondary progressive (SP) in 4% of patients. Almost three-fourths of the patients were moderately (45%) or severely (31%) disabled at the time of evaluation. Two-thirds of patients with severe disability had a mean disease duration of only 5.2 years. In conclusion, MS is not uncommon in Pakistan, and many patients were found to have severe disability despite short disease duration.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Multiple Sclerosis
Recommended Citation
Wasay, M.,
Ali, S.,
Khatri, I. A.,
Hassan, A.,
Asif, M.,
Zakiullah, N.,
Ahmed, A.,
Malik, A.,
Khealani, B.,
Haq, A.
(2007). Multiple sclerosis in Pakistan. Multiple Sclerosis, 13(5), 668-669.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_med_neurol/176