Multiple Sclerosis in Busan Korea Clinical Features and Prevalence

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 1(1); 1983 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1983;1(1): 29-36.

부산에서의 다발성경화증 임상적 특징과 유병율

박규헌, 김상욱, 김수겸

부산메리놀병원 신경과, 내과.

Multiple Sclerosis in Busan Korea Clinical Features and Prevalence

Kyue-Hun Park, M.D., Sang-Wook Kim, M.D., Sue-Kyum Kim, M.D.

Department of Neurology, and Internal Medicine

Abstract

At the Neurological Department of Maryknoll Hospital in Busan, Korea, a total of 16, 805 cases were treated over a 10 year period, and of these 28 cases were considered to be cases of multiple sclerosis. The cases were classified according to the 1972 Japan National MS Research Committee. As stated in previous literature, MS is an uncommon disease in the orient. The present report gives a review of the clinical characteristics observed in the cases studies. The chief complaints at onset were found to be numbness and paresthesia, visual impairment, gait disturbance, motor weakness, sphincter disturbance and so forth, in that order, which differ slightly from the Asian series. A comparison was made between the present study and that of C.S.Park in 1968, showing a 0.1% decrease in frequency in the present study. The number of ALS and MG cases diagnosed during the same period was also reported.