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@entity1 @entity1952 @entity227 @entity1652 @entity602 @entity15
Thirty consecutive @entity1 from peninsular Malaysia with clinically definite @entity15 were studied; 80% were ethnic Chinese, with a female-male ratio of 5:1. The average age at onset was 29.7 years, with one relapse average every 1.9 years. Optic-spinal recurrence was the most common clinical pattern of the disease, accounting for 63.3% (19/30) of the cases. All the @entity1 had @entity602 sometime during the course of the illness. The mortality was high at 36.7% (11/30), with an average duration of symptoms of 7.6 years. There was characteristic severe residual @entity227 . At the time of the last examination, 12 @entity1 had bilateral @entity1952 with @entity227 . Sixteen @entity1 were bedridden or confined to a wheelchair. The severe motor disability reflected the severe @entity602 . It was the main factor that accounted for the high mortality. The cerebral, cerebellar, and brain-stem involvements were, however, generally transient. None of the @entity1 ' had a family history of similar illness despite the average sibling size of six. There was no example of @entity1652 . The clinical pattern was closest to those @entity1 who presented from Taiwan.
