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Breastfeeding with MS: Good for mom, too
News
Stroke, arterial dissection events reported with Lemtrada, FDA says
Rare but serious events described in multiple sclerosis patients given alemtuzumab (Lemtrada) prompts new warning.
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Fatigue in MS: Common, often profound, tough to treat
BERLIN – Cognitive behavioral therapy carries the best evidence to treat MS-related fatigue.
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Particular lesions early after CIS predict long-term MS disability
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Panel Provides Recommendations for Managing Cognitive Changes in MS
The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society has developed recommendations for the identification and management of...
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Anti-MOG antibodies associated with non-MS, monophasic demyelinating disease in young children
BERLIN – Age and anti-MOG antibody status may help to predict a non-MS diagnosis.
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Alemtuzumab switch linked to good MS outcomes
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Higher BMI associated with greater loss of gray matter volume in MS
ATLANTA – Cohort may not be representative of the general MS population.
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Retinal thinning in aquaporin-4-positive NMOSD may occur without optic neuritis
BERLIN – Finding could be explained by “a disease-related primary retinopathy due to the high density of astrocytic cells in the retina and the...
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Nf-L levels predictive of brain atrophy, disability in progressive MS
BERLIN – Future brain atrophy and 3-month confirmed disability worsening could be predicted from change in baseline levels of the potential MS...