title: Juvenile multiple sclerosis: clinical features and prognostic characteristics.
abstract: In a retrospective study we analyzed clinical features and their prognostic significance in 72 patients with onset of multiple sclerosis by the age of 21 years. In juvenile multiple sclerosis disease progression does not depend on age of onset, severity of neurologic involvement, or polysymptomatic or monosymptomatic involvement at presentation.
authors.affiliation: Multiple Sclerosis Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pinhas-Hamiel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Barak
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Siev-Ner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Achiron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies