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KMID : 1130320070500060580
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Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2007 Volume.50 No. 6 p.580 ~ p.584
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A case of childhood relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis and interferon β-1b treatment in a Korean patient
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Kim Hyon-Seok
Lee Jun-Wha
Cho Kyung-Lae
Lee Won-Deok
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Abstract
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disorder that affects discrete areas of the CNS, including the optic nerves, in a quite variable relapsing-remitting fashion over a prolonged period of time. Although MS is usually considered to be a disease that affects peoples in early to middle adulthood, children do develop multiple sclerosis. The frequency of MS onset before the age of 15 years is 2.7-5% of all cases, while MS onset during infancy and early childhood was observed to be 0.2- 0.7% of all cases. We report here on a Korean case of a relapsing-remitting MS female child who was treated with four rounds of intravenous methylpredinsolone pulse therapy and preventive Interferon-beta-1b (Betaferon(R)).
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KEYWORD
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multiple sclerosis, Optic neuritis, interferon β-1b (Betaferone)
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