Background. There are limited epidemiological studies evaluating the effect of age at onset on disease features in vitiligo. Objectives. To identify factors associated with adult onset vitiligo in comparison with childhood onset vitiligo. Patients and Methods. We retrospectively collected medical records of 191 patients. Such records included clinical examination, personal and familial medical ...

BACKGROUND Gambling is a prevalent behavior, yet few studies have investigated its mental health correlates. Although early-onset engagement in behaviors with addictive potential has generally been associated with more severe problems, direct investigation of a nationally representative sample of gamblers grouped by age at onset of gambling has not been performed. OBJECTIVE To identify differ...

Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD) is an uncommon multisystemic inflammatory disease of no known aetiology.1 Bywaters in 1971 was the first to describe this clinical entity.2,3 Its estimated annual incidence 0.16 per 100,000 persons.4 AOSD has a bimodal pattern age distribution with peaks at 15 - 25 and 36 46 years. This shows that young adults are mainly affected. 4 It characterised by daily h...

The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging metrics of paediatric-onset multiple sclerosis to adult-onset multiple sclerosis. It was a prospective comparison of clinical and magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of two paediatric onset multiple sclerosis and two adult onset multiple sclerosis groups that were matched for disease duratio...