title: [Dynamics of clinical presentations of multiple sclerosis in Amur region for the period of 1960 to 2005].
abstract: The natural history of multiple sclerosis (MS) including characteristics of the clinical course, age of onset, onset symptoms, time to secondary progression, duration of remissions, speed of progression, time to EDSS levels 3 and 6 was studied in Amur oblast during the period from 1960 up to 2005. There was a trend to faster disease progression over the last decades due to the prevalence of relapsing MS forms.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Karnaukh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult