Balo's concentric sclerosis

Balo's concentric sclerosis (BCS) is a rare demyelinating disease, first described by Hungarian neurologist Josef Balo in 1928. BCS occurs predominantly in young adults, the average age of onset of the disease - 34 years (range from 3 to 62 years). Our case report describes a 27-year woman with...

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Published inZhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova Vol. 119; no. 6; p. 107
Main Authors Kotov, A S, Dolgova, S G, Bunak, M S, Abramenko, A S, Stashuk, G A, Borodin, A V, Tokareva, Yu V, Mukhina, E V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Russian
Published Russia (Federation) 2019
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Balo's concentric sclerosis
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Summary:Balo's concentric sclerosis (BCS) is a rare demyelinating disease, first described by Hungarian neurologist Josef Balo in 1928. BCS occurs predominantly in young adults, the average age of onset of the disease - 34 years (range from 3 to 62 years). Our case report describes a 27-year woman with acute onset progressive right-side pyramidal weakness, MRI results showed a variant of demyelination as Balo's concentric sclerosis.
ISSN:1997-7298
DOI:10.17116/jnevro2019119061107