[Clinical picture and course of multiple sclerosis among inhabitants of the southwest regions of Uzbekistan].

Eighty-two typical cases of disseminated sclerosis (DS) in the population of several regions of Uzbekistan were analyzed. Three groups of patients were identified: group I included indigenous population (21); group II non-indigenous population born in Uzbekistan (14); group III non-indigenous population born in the European part of the country. The clinical study allowed the authors to elucidate the presence of similar signs indicating the unity of etiopathogenetic factors of DS and differences occasioned by the populational characteristics of various ethnic groups of the total population as well as by the influence of the climatic and geographical conditions of the region.