Late onset multiple sclerosis: concerns in aging patients
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Late onset multiple sclerosis: concerns in aging patients.
Late onset multiple sclerosis (LOMS) is when the first symptom starts after 50 years of age, representing 4.5% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. This study describes the clinical characteristics of patients with LOMS followed at a specialized MS center in São Paulo. Data was obtained from medical records of 742 patients with MS. The LOMS frequency was 4.18%, median age at onset was 54 years ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1678-4227,0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20170070