Clinical Classification and Prognosis of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Northern China

摘要

Objective: To study the clinical classification of multiple sclerosis (MS) by analyzing the features of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on brain and spinal cord and surveying the natural history. Methods: MRI examination was conducted on 132 clinically diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients and their quality of life and disability rate were graded. Results: The general distribution of lesions in the nervous system was obtained. In northern China, relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) by natural course classification and simple brain MS by lesion distribution classification lead to fewer neurological deficits with a relatively top life quality. Meanwhile, there is a tendency for the correlation between the pathogenetic locations of MS and its natural course prognosis. Conclusion: To improve the understanding of the prognosis of MS and promote the diagnosis ability to guide MS treatment.