Multiple Sclerosis

 

TheBasics

An idiopathic demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system.

Two forms:

♦  Remitting-relapsing (70%) has a more favorable prognosis

♦  Chronic progressive, which occurs in 3 forms:

             1.  Primary progressive
             2.  Relapsing progressive
             3.  Secondary progressive (eventually includes many cases of remitting-relapsing MS)

Also, rarely, fulminant MS, which is rapidly fatal, and benign MS, which progresses very slowly.

 

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April 8, 2013
New Multiple Sclerosis Drugs
With no drugs to offer a cure for multiple sclerosis, clinicians should have a wide variety of treatment options available for their patients. More »
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New MS Drug Wins FDA Approval
Dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera)is approved for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. More »
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Sex Ratio of Multiple Sclerosis
The worldwide sex ratio of MS has been substantially changing over the last century. Environmental factor/s appear to be at work in a sex-specific... More »
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Does Multiple Sclerosis Cluster with Other Autoimmune Diseases?
A series of studies unequivocally show a true absence of autoimmune disease aggregation in MS patients and their families. More »
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Angioplasty Affords Symptom Relief for Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
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Prostaglandin E2 inhibits IL-23 and IL-12 production by human monocytes through down-regulation of their common p40 subunit.
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Images in clinical medicine. Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia in multiple sclerosis.
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Impact of cerebrospinal-fluid oligoclonal immunoglobulin bands and HLA-DRB1 risk alleles on brain magnetic-resonance-imaging lesion load in Swedish multiple sclerosis patients.
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The antibody response to Epstein-Barr virions is altered in multiple sclerosis.
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Immune response during interferon beta-1b treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis who experienced relapses and those who were relapse-free in the START study.
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Failing to adopt widely available billing and collections technology can cost medical practices big. Here's how to do it right.
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PatientResources

Multiple Sclerosis Information Page
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

 

Multiple Sclerosis
American Academy of Family Physicians

 

Multiple Sclerosis
MedLine Plus (National Institutes of Health)

 

About MS
National  MS Society

 

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