Multiple sclerosis: clinical characteristics and disability progression in Moroccan children.

Background: 5% of multiple sclerosis have their onset in childhood.

Objectives: We aim to show the clinical features and follow-up of Moroccan pediatric MS patients.

Methods: 25 pediatric MS records were analyzed between 2005 and 2013 at the Neurology B department of Rabat Ibn sina University Hospital and Medical School Group of Neurogenetic Disorder of Rabat Mohammed V University Souissi.

Early onset dementia.

Dementia is characterized by a decline in cognitive faculties and occurrence of behavioral abnormalities which interfere with an individual's activities of daily living. Dementing disorders usually affect elderly individuals but may occur in individuals younger than 65 years (early-onset dementia or EOD). EOD is often misdiagnosed or its diagnosis is delayed due to the fact that it has a more varied differential diagnosis than late-onset dementia.