Central Nervous System Idiopathic Inflammatory Demyelinating Disorders in South Americans: A Descriptive, Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study.

The idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disease (IIDD) spectrum has been investigated among different populations, and the results have indicated a low relative frequency of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) among multiple sclerosis (MS) cases in whites (1.2%-1.5%), increasing in Mestizos (8%) and Africa...

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Main Authors: Regina Maria Papais-Alvarenga, Claudia Cristina Ferreira Vasconcelos, Adriana Carra, Ibis Soto de Castillo, Sara Florentin, Fernando Hamuy Diaz de Bedoya, Raul Mandler, Luiza Campanella de Siervi, Maria Lúcia Vellutini Pimentel, Marina Papais Alvarenga, Marcos Papais Alvarenga, Anderson Kuntz Grzesiuk, Ana Beatriz Calmon Gama Pereira, Antonio Pereira Gomes Neto, Carolina Velasquez, Carlos Soublette, Cynthia Veronica Fleitas, Denise Sisteroli Diniz, Elizabeth Armas, Elizabeth Batista, Freda Hernandez, Fernanda Ferreira Chaves da Costa Pereira, Heloise Helena Siqueira, Hideraldo Cabeça, Jose Sanchez, Joseph Bruno Bidin Brooks, Marcus Vinicius Gonçalves, Maria Cristina Del Negro Barroso, Maria Elena Ravelo, Maria Carlota Castillo, Maria Lúcia Brito Ferreira, Maria Sheila Guimarães Rocha, Monica Koncke Fiuza Parolin, Omaira Molina, Patricia Beatriz Christino Marinho, Paulo Pereira Christo, Renata Brant de Souza, Silvio Pessanha Neto, Solange Maria das Graças Camargo, Suzana Costa Machado, Vanderson Carvalho Neri, Yara Dadalti Fragoso, Helcio Alvarenga, Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4519274?pdf=render