J Korean Neurol Assoc.  1983 Jun;1(1):29-36.

Multiple Sclerosis in Busan Korea Clinical Features and Prevalence

• Park KH
• Kim SW
• Kim SK

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.

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Busan*
Gait
Humans
Hypesthesia
Japan
Korea*
Multiple Sclerosis*
Paresthesia
Prevalence*
Vision Disorders