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Epidemiology of familial multiple sclerosis in Hungary

Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Gyögyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Centre, University of Szeged, Hungary

K Bencsik

Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Gyögyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Centre, University of Szeged, Hungary

C Rajda

Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Gyögyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Centre, University of Szeged, Hungary

J Füvesi

Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Gyögyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Centre, University of Szeged, Hungary

V Honti

Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Gyögyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Centre, University of Szeged, Hungary

T Csépány

Department of Neurology, University of Debrecen, Hungary

E Dobos

Department of Neurology, Szent Imre Hospital, Budapest, Hungary

K Mátyás

Department of Neurology, Aviation Hospital, Kecskemét, Hungary

C Rózsa

Department of Neurology, Jahn Ferenc Hospital of South-Pest, Budapest, Hungary

S Komoly

Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Hungary

L Vécsei

Department of Neurology, Albert Szent-Gyögyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Centre, University of Szeged, Hungary, Neurology Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and University of Szeged, Hungary, vecsei{at}nepsy.szote.u-szeged.hu

The prevalence of familial aggregation of multiple sclerosis (MS) is estimated between 5 and 10%. Studies emphasize the effect of genetic factors over the environment of the patients in the development of the disease. We investigated familial accumulation of MS in the cases of 1500 patients in five Hungarian MS centers. According to our data, the risk of familial MS in Hungary is lower than in other countries for which literature data are accessible. The literature does not contain any data for the prevalence of familial MS in Hungary and middle-eastern Europe.

Key Words: familial aggregation • first-degree relatives • genetic factors • multiple sclerosis • prevalence

This version was published on March 1, 2007

Multiple Sclerosis, Vol. 13, No. 2, 260-261 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506070767


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