a chronic progressive disease of the central nervous system characterized by loss of some of the myelin sheath surrounding certain nerve fibres and resulting in speech and visual disorders, tremor, muscular incoordination, partial paralysis, etc
Also called: disseminated sclerosis. Abbreviation: MS
Examples of 'disseminated sclerosis' in a sentence
disseminated sclerosis
Frequent clinical symptoms of disseminated sclerosis, especially in adolescents, are paroxysmal states and neuropsychological disorders.
A.N. Platonova, L.M. Kuzenkova, O.V. Bykova 2010, 'INTERFERON BETA IN TREATMENT OF DISSEMINATED SCLEROSIS IN ADOLESCENTS — INFLUENCEON NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS AND PAROXYSMAL STATES', Voprosy Sovremennoj Pediatriihttps://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/917. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The onset of disseminated sclerosis occurs in childhood and juvenile age in 10% of patients.
O.V. Bykova, A.N. Platonova, N.V. Gol'tsova, L.M. Kuzenkova, A.N. Boiko 2008, 'SAFETY OF INTERFERON BETA 1A FOR A SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTSWITH DISSEMINATED SCLEROSIS', Voprosy Sovremennoj Pediatriihttps://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/1409. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)