Gonzalez O, Sotelo J
Neuroimmunology Department, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico, Mexico, DF.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1995 Nov;59(5):528-30. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.59.5.528.
Multiple sclerosis has steadily increased in Mexican mestizos from an apparently rare disorder in the 1970s to the second most frequent cause of admission to a neurology ward in the 1990s. Most patients belonged to high socioeconomic and educational groups. Familial incidence was low. Age at onset was younger than in other series and long term disability was milder than in patients from countries in which the disease is apparently more prevalent.
在墨西哥混血人群中，多发性硬化症的发病率稳步上升，从20世纪70年代明显罕见的疾病，发展成为20世纪90年代神经内科病房第二常见的入院病因。大多数患者属于社会经济和教育水平较高的群体。家族发病率较低。发病年龄比其他系列报道的患者更年轻，长期残疾程度也比该病明显更普遍的国家的患者更轻。
