Acute disseminated encephalitis/encephalomyelitis
Description
acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: An encephalomyelitis characterized by inflammation located_in brain and located_in spinal cord that damages myelin. It usually occurs after viral infection, but also following vaccination, bacterial or parasitic infection.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_ADEM |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-9: 3235A, ICD-8: 32300 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-9: 3235A, ICD-8: 32300 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 27.28 | 27.26 | 27.3 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 12.5 | 11.11 | 14.29 |
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