title: A long perspective on childhood multiple sclerosis.
abstract: Twenty-eight patients, all of whom developed multiple sclerosis before 16 years of age and all from a well-defined geographical population (Grampian, north-eastern Scotland) were retrospectively studied. Age at presentation, presenting features and interval between first and second attacks are discussed. Follow-up ranged from three to 47 years and adult categorisation was applied to outcome. This suggested that on the whole, childhood-onset multiple sclerosis is a less aggressive disease than its adult counterpart.
authors.affiliation: Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Stuart
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015996:Survival Rate