| Low Incidence of Asymptomatic Contrast-Enhancing Brain Lesions in Japanese Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21325853 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Background: The number of contrast-enhancing brain lesions is used as an endpoint in multiple sclerosis (MS) clinical trials. However, the incidence of asymptomatic contrast-enhancing brain lesions (AEBLs) in Japanese patients with MS has not been determined. Objective: To describe the number of AEBLs per scan in Japanese patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 23 Japanese patients with RRMS who showed (1) a stable or improving condition for at least 30 days before a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination and (2) at least one relapse in the preceding year or two relapses in the preceding 2 years. Results: The percentage of patients with AEBLs was 39.1% (9/23 patients) and the number of AEBLs per scan was 0.37. Conclusions: The results suggest that the disease activity shown by brain MRI was lower in Japanese patients with MS compared with that in Caucasian patients. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Masami Tanaka; Masaru Matsui; Masayuki Tahara; Keiko Tanaka |
Related Documents
:
|
2632253 - Creatine kinase-bb in the cerebrospinal fluid as a marker of cns metastases and leptome... 15916923 - Tumour marker levels in patients with chronic heart failure. 8559383 - Differential effect of aspirin versus warfarin on clinical stroke types in patients wit... |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-12 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: European neurology Volume: 65 ISSN: 1421-9913 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-2-17 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0150760 Medline TA: Eur Neurol Country: - |
Other Details:
|
Languages: ENG Pagination: 119-122 Citation Subset: - |
Copyright Information:
|
Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Affiliation:
|
MS Center, Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Small-Scale Cannabis Growers in Denmark and Finland.
Next Document: Transient Global Amnesia: Seven Years of Experience with Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in an Emergency ...