Multiple sclerosis following optic neuritis in Chile.
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 52 (1) , 115-117
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.52.1.115
Abstract
Twenty three unselected cases of optic neuritis were re-examined between 2 and 18 years after the onset of the disease, with a mean of 9.7 years. Only 8/23 (35%) had unilateral non-recurrent disease. One patient only (4.3%) went on to develop multiple sclerosis. These findings support the impression that demyelinating disease varies considerably in Latin America compared with northern industrialised countries.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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