The apparently milder course of multiple sclerosis: changes in the diagnostic criteria, therapy and natural history

PS Sorensen, F Sellebjerg, HP Hartung, X Montalban… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In the past decade, changes have occurred in the spectrum of multiple sclerosis courses.
The natural history of multiple sclerosis appears milder from the first sign of demyelinating …

The natural history of multiple sclerosis: update 1998

BG Weinshenker - Seminars in neurology, 1998 - thieme-connect.com
The definition of multiple sclerosis (MS) is problematic. MS is best appreciated as a series of
syndromes with unique but overlapping clinical and pathological features. Each has a …

Natural history of multiple sclerosis: a unifying concept

C Confavreux, S Vukusic - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis can follow very different patterns of evolution and variable rates of
disability accumulation. This raises the issue whether it represents one or several distinct …

The natural history of multiple sclerosis: a geographically based study: 7. Progressive–relapsing and relapsing–progressive multiple sclerosis: a re-evaluation

M Kremenchutzky, D Cottrell, G Rice, W Hader… - Brain, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Classifications of multiple sclerosis subtypes have been largely based on clinical
phenomenology. Nevertheless, definitions of relapse, remission and progression have been …

Relapsing and progressive forms of multiple sclerosis: insights from pathology

R Dutta, BD Trapp - Current opinion in neurology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Available therapies for multiple sclerosis patients, while effective during the relapsing phase,
have little benefit for progressive multiple sclerosis patients. Development of therapies to …

Prognostic factors for multiple sclerosis: the importance of natural history studies

GC Ebers - Journal of neurology, 2005 - Springer
Detailed studies of the natural history of untreated multiple sclerosis (MS) have been carried
out in London, Ontario, Canada, over the past generation. There are now some 25,000 …

Natural history of multiple sclerosis: risk factors and prognostic indicators

S Vukusic, C Confavreux - Current opinion in neurology, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Natural history of multiple sclerosis: risk factors and prog... : Current Opinion in Neurology
Natural history of multiple sclerosis: risk factors and prognostic indicators : Current Opinion in …

A prospective study on the natural history of multiple sclerosis: clues to the conduct and interpretation of clinical trials

MP Amato, G Ponziani, ML Bartolozzi… - Journal of the neurological …, 1999 - Elsevier
The study's objectives were to assess the predictive significance of different sets of
demographic, clinical and extraclinical variables in identifying multiple sclerosis patients …

Assessing the risk of early multiple sclerosis in patients with clinically isolated syndromes: the role of a follow up MRI

PA Brex, KA Miszkiel, JI O'Riordan, GT Plant… - Journal of Neurology …, 2001 - jnnp.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES With increasing evidence that permanent tissue damage occurs early in the
course of multiple sclerosis, it is important that treatment trials include patients in the earliest …

Isolated demyelinating syndromes: comparison of different MR imaging criteria to predict conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis

M Tintoré, A Rovira, MJ Martínez… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Various authors have developed criteria to classify MR
imaging findings that suggest the possibility of multiple sclerosis. The purpose of this study …