The diagnosis is usually made by observing a concentric ring pattern on MRI; laboratory studies might help to exclude other etiologies. In uncertain cases, a biopsy can be performed to confirm the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most widespread disabling neurological conditions of young adults around the world. It affects almost 1 million people in the United States, and about 2.9 ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS). The immune system inflames the myelin that encases the nerve fibers, the cells that make the myelin, and the nerve ...

Nov. 18, 2024 — Fampridine is currently used to improve walking ability in multiple sclerosis. A new study shows that it could also help individuals with reduced working memory, as seen in ...

During his departure announcement in 2024, Neil thanked his bosses for their patience when he took off “a day or two here and there battling everything from multiple sclerosis and COVID to ...

An expansion of a hexanucleotide repeat in the C9ORF72 gene can cause ALS. Here, the authors develop a high-fidelity RNA-targeting CRISPR system to suppress the repeat RNA expressed from the ...

In multiple sclerosis (MS), a person's immune system attacks the protective covering (myelin sheath) of nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). MS disease-modifying ...

Clinical manifestations at diagnosis in Japanese patients with systemic AL amyloidosis: a retrospective study of 202 cases with a special attention to uncommon symptoms. Nutritional indicators are ...

Medications are the mainstay of treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Many of them are used to block the immune system's attack on the nerves and slow or prevent progression and relapses (flare-ups) ...

41 St. Joseph's Health Care London and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Objective The 1980 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for systemic sclerosis ...

Aortic sclerosis has two important clinical implications. Firstly, aortic sclerosis is an antecedent to clinically significant aortic valve obstruction and, secondly, it acts as a marker of increased ...