Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in latin america. Agencia dinformacio, avaluacio i qualitat en salut. Rogelio dominguez moreno a, mario morales esponda a, natalia lorena rossiere echazarreta a, roman olan triano b, jose luis gutierrez morales c. Deterioro cognitivo en pacientes con esclerosis multiple. Scientific advances in the past 7 years suggest that they might no longer provide the most uptodate guidance for clinicians and researchers. Multiple sclerosis ms was always considered as a white matter inflammatory disease.
Multiple sclerosis and nephrotic syndrome in minimal change disease summary the coinciding suffering of two or more autoimmune diseases has been occasionally reported during the last years. Axonal degeneration is thought to be responsible for the irreversible progression of the disability seen in affected patients 2, 3, 4. Nilton custodio 1,2,a,d,e, rosa montesinos 2,3,b, mariana lopezgongora 2,4,c,f. Deterioro cognitivo en pacientes con esclerosis multiple scielo. A manual for the brief repeatable battery of neuropsychological test in multiple sclerosis. Dania ruiz garcia 1 y luis alberto solar salaverri 2. Esclerosis multiple em es una enfermedad desmielinizantedegenerativa del. Today, there is an important body of evidence that supports the hypothesis that gray matter involvement and the neurodegenerative mechanism are at least partially independent from inflammation. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, autoimmune and degenerative neurological disease that. Clinical features of 314 patients with relapsingremitting multiple sclerosis. Brain atrophy at onset and physical disability in multiple.
Multiple sclerosis ms is the second most common cause of neurological disability in workingage population, after car accidents, having an impact on quality of life, social activities and also the environment of affected patients 1. The loss of brain volume, or brain atrophy, has been classically considered as a marker present in severe or advanced stages of the. We report a multiple sclerosis case in a young male patient who presented minimalchange nephrotic syndrome with frequent relapses seven months later. Multiple sclerosis ms is a chronic, inflammatory and immunemediated demyelinating disease from the central nervous system that occurs in genetically susceptible people frohman et al.
The 2010 mcdonald criteria for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis are widely used in research and clinical practice. To summarize rates of prevalence, incidence and types of multiple sclerosis ms in latin america. Vizcarra escobar darwin 1,2, kawano castillo jorge 1,2,castaneda barba carlos 3,chereque gutierrez ana 4, tipismana barbaran martin 1,2,5, bernabe ortiz antonio 1, juarez belaunde alan 1,2. The course of the disease is highly variable, but it is most typically characterized by a relapsing pattern of acute exacerbations followed by periods of. Esclerosis multiple diagnostico serieanatomia normal.