Sene Diouf F, Ndiaye M, Toure K, Ndao A K, Thiam A, Diop A G, Ndiaye I P
Service Neurologie CHU de Fann, B.P: 5035.
Dakar Med. 2004;49(3):167-71.
In Africa, little data has been published in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We conducted a retrospective survey among the in-patients from December 1993 to March 2000 in the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital. This study reported epidemiological and clinical data of ALS. ALS has been diagnosed by El Escorial criteria. 33 patients were 16 to 77 years old. Parental consanguinity was found in 15.2%. On the basis of diagnosis criteria, ALS in our patients were established in 57.6% of cases, probable in 30.3% of cases, possible in 9.12% and suspected in 3% of cases. Evolution after hospitalisation is unknown for the majority of patients. Only one patient died after 12 months of evolution.
在非洲,关于肌萎缩侧索硬化症(ALS)的已发表数据很少。我们对1993年12月至2000年3月大学医院神经科的住院患者进行了一项回顾性调查。本研究报告了ALS的流行病学和临床数据。ALS已根据埃尔埃斯科里亚尔标准进行诊断。33例患者年龄在16至77岁之间。发现15.2%的患者有近亲结婚情况。根据诊断标准,我们的患者中57.6%确诊为ALS,30.3%可能为ALS,9.12%可能为ALS,3%疑似为ALS。大多数患者住院后的病情发展情况不明。只有一名患者在病情发展12个月后死亡。