Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis: a review

MP McGinley, CH Goldschmidt, AD Rae-Grant - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease
of the central nervous system characterized by inflammatory demyelination with axonal …

How leisure activities affect health: a narrative review and multi-level theoretical framework of mechanisms of action

D Fancourt, H Aughterson, S Finn, E Walker… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
leisure activities (voluntary, enjoyable non-work activities, such as hobbies, arts …

How does the immune system enter the brain?

JA Mapunda, H Tibar, W Regragui… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is considered the most frequent inflammatory demyelinating disease
of the central nervous system (CNS). It occurs with a variable prevalence across the world. A …

Epidemiology and pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis

M Ward, MD Goldman - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
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Environmental and genetic risk factors for MS: an integrated review

E Waubant, R Lucas, E Mowry, J Graves… - Annals of clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent findings have provided a molecular basis for the combined contributions of
multifaceted risk factors for the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS). MS appears to start as a …

Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis: a comprehensive review

MB Sintzel, M Rametta, AT Reder - Neurology and therapy, 2018 - Springer
Numerous observational studies have suggested that there is a correlation between the
level of serum vitamin D and MS risk and disease activity. To explore this hypothesis, a …

Insufficient sun exposure has become a real public health problem

L Alfredsson, BK Armstrong, DA Butterfield… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article aims to alert the medical community and public health authorities to
accumulating evidence on health benefits from sun exposure, which suggests that …

Optic neuritis

AT Toosy, DF Mason, DH Miller - The Lancet Neurology, 2014 - thelancet.com
Acute optic neuritis is the most common optic neuropathy affecting young adults. Exciting
developments have occurred over the past decade in understanding of optic neuritis …

Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis: from risk factors to prevention—an update

A Ascherio, KL Munger - Seminars in neurology, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Although genetic susceptibility explains the clustering of multiple sclerosis (MS) within
families and the sharp decline in risk with increasing genetic distance, it cannot fully explain …

Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis: An update

C Pierrot-Deseilligny, JC Souberbielle - Multiple sclerosis and related …, 2017 - Elsevier
The most recent findings linking exposure to sun and vitamin D insufficiency to multiple
sclerosis (MS) are reviewed. Due to insufficient sunshine and changing lifestyles …