A case of childhood relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis and interferon beta-1b treatment in a Korean patient.
10.3345/kjp.2007.50.6.580
- Author:
Hyun Seok KIM
1
;
Won Deok LEE
;
Jun Hwa LEE
;
Kyung Lae CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University Masan Samsung Hospital, Masan, Korea. ljh3643@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multiple Sclerosis, Optic neuritis, Interferon-beta-1b (Betaferon(R))
- MeSH:
Child;
Demyelinating Diseases;
Female;
Humans;
Interferons*;
Multiple Sclerosis*;
Optic Nerve;
Interferon beta-1b
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2007;50(6):580-584
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disorder that affects discrete areas of the CNS, including the optic nerves, in a quite variable relapsing-remitting fashion over a prolonged period of time. Although MS is usually considered to be a disease that affects peoples in early to middle adulthood, children do develop multiple sclerosis. The frequency of MS onset before the age of 15 years is 2.7-5% of all cases, while MS onset during infancy and early childhood was observed to be 0.2- 0.7% of all cases. We report here on a Korean case of a relapsing-remitting MS female child who was treated with four rounds of intravenous methylpredinsolone pulse therapy and preventive Interferon-beta-1b (Betaferon(R)).
