What part do relapses play in severe disability for people with MS?

Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 05:42 in Health & Medicine

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, according to a new study published in the November 4, 2009, issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study is one of the first to examine how MS relapses affect people during different time periods of the disease...

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