Open AccessDemographic characteristics of patients with motor neuron disease subject to conditions of large industrial city in West Siberia
Author(s) -
А В Лебедев
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2009-3(2)-61-66
Subject(s) - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , motor neuron , disease , population , medicine , motor neurone disease , paralysis , progressive muscular atrophy , pediatrics , demography , environmental health , surgery , sociology
78 patients with motor neuron disease (MND) were examined. Prevalence of MND in urban population of Novosibirsk on 2008/01/01 is 3,46 per 100 000 of population. In majority of patients amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was revealed — 76 people (97,4%); primary lateral sclerosis was revealed in 1 case (1,3%), progressive bulbar paralysis was revealed also in 1 case (1,3%). There were 63 men (80,8%) and 15 women (19,2%) (ratio is 4,2 : 1,0). There was no people younger than 27 years for the moment when first symptoms of the disease were revealed. The major age group was 41 to 60 years (66 people — 84,6%).