Other acute disseminated demyelination
Description
neuromyelitis optica: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and NMO spectrum disorders are inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system characterized mainly by attacks of uni- or bilateral optic neuritis (ON) and acute myelitis.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_DISSOTH |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G36, ICD-8: 34101 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G36, ICD-8: 34101 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 78 | 58 | 20 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.03 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 41.05 | 38.53 | 48.33 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 29.49 | 29.31 | 30.0 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 3.85 | 1.72 | 10.0 |