Natural history of benign multiple sclerosis: Clinical and HLA correlates in a Western Australian cohort

Benign multiple sclerosis (BMS) is a controversial term that has been used for MS patients with minimal disability decades after disease onset. Herein, we evaluated disease status after 20  years in a Western Australian cohort defined as BMS based on an Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score ≤ 3.0 at 10 years from onset.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - February 22, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Marzena J. Fabis-Pedrini, Ian James, Alexandra Seewann, Wai Y. Yau, Arnold A. van de Bovenkamp, Fay R.K. Sanders, Wei Qiu, Jason Burton, Frank L. Mastaglia, William M. Carroll, Allan G. Kermode Source Type: research