Prevalence, incidence and clinical features of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in northern Japan

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2023 Jun;94(6):494-495. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-330274. Epub 2022 Nov 30.

Authors

Hideki Houzen¹, Takahiro Kano¹, Kimito Kondo², Toshiyuki Takahashi³, Masaaki Niino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Japan.
² Departmentof Neurology, Hokuto Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
³ Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
⁴ Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan niino.masaaki.tc@mail.hosp.go.jp.

PMID: 36450477
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-330274

No abstract available

Keywords: EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Incidence
Japan / epidemiology
Multiple Sclerosis* / epidemiology
Neuromyelitis Optica* / epidemiology
Prevalence