Yaqub B A, Daif A K
Division of Neurology, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Neurology. 1988 Apr;38(4):621-3. doi: 10.1212/wnl.38.4.621.
There are indications of increasing incidence of MS in Saudi Arabia. Of 806 neurology inpatients, 16 had MS, 21 myasthenia gravis, and 10 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, with a ratio of 1:1.3:0.6, respectively. The symptomatology and site of lesions are similar to that seen in the West, but the course and evolution might be different. The main course was remissions and relapses but without transformation to chronic progressive disease, and the main disability was partial or complete bilateral visual loss, seen in 19% of the patients.
有迹象表明沙特阿拉伯多发性硬化症的发病率在上升。在806名神经科住院患者中，16人患有多发性硬化症，21人患有重症肌无力，10人患有肌萎缩侧索硬化症，比例分别为1:1.3:0.6。症状学和病变部位与西方所见相似，但病程和演变可能有所不同。主要病程为缓解和复发，但未转变为慢性进行性疾病，主要残疾是部分或完全双侧视力丧失，在19%的患者中可见。
