Multiple sclerosis (MS) in Asian populations is characterised by the selective and severe involvement of the optic nerve and spinal cord as well as low pre...
Summary Multiple sclerosis (MS) in Asian populations is characterised by the selective and severe involvement of the optic nerve and spinal cord as well as...
Mutations in the fused in sarcoma gene ( FUS ) were recently found in patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The present study aimed ...
A search for cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) was carried out among the 120,066 Japanese-American residents and the 3,060,366 Caucasian residents native to...
We studied polymorphism of the HLA-DP gene in 46 patients with optico-spinal form (Asian type) multiple sclerosis (MS) showing recurrent opticomyelitis and...
Japanese populationmultiple sclerosisAbstract: We studied polymorphism of the HLA-DP gene in 46 patients with optico-spinal form (Asian type) multiple ...
Although several major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) studies have been performed in populations of European de...
A review of the studies of Japanese MS is presented. The epidemiological studies showed a prevalence rate of 1-4 per 100,000 population with higher rates i...
BACKGROUND: The influence of the patterns of onset of multiple sclerosis and relapses of the disease on the time course of irreversible disability is contr...
The decisive conclusions to be drawn from the available epidemiological data, mostly geography and prevalence, of MS are: (1) a north-south (as well as west-east in the United States) gradient exists independent of genetic/racial factors...
We report the clinical, imaging, and laboratory features of 8 patients with Devic's neuromyelitis optica. All patients had severe myelopathy and optic neur...
In order to clarify whether or not marked changes in the social environment during the past 50 years in Japan may have altered the clinical phenotypes of m...
Fifty-four patients with multiple sclerosis from North-West India are described. This included two pathologically proven cases of multiple sclerosis. Five ...
The polymorphism of the HLA class II genes was investigated in 97 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan....
Two hundred and four consecutive British cases and 60 consecutive Japanese cases of probable (clinically definite) multiple sclerosis, seen at The National...
A population-based study is reported of MS in French Afro-Caribbeans (FAC) in Martinique. FAC are descendants of interracial mating that occurred between F...
We evaluated circulating anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) in 38 Japanese patients who fulfilled the criteria of clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS)...
We studied polymorphism of the HLA-DP gene in 46 patients with optico-spinal form (Asian type) multiple sclerosis (MS) showing recurrent opticomyelitis and...
