Management of acute exacerbations in multiple sclerosis

A key component of multiple sclerosis is the occurrence of episodes of clinical worsening with either new symptoms or an increase in older symptoms over a few days or weeks. These are known as exacerbations of multiple sclerosis. In this review, we summarize the pathophysiology and treatment of exac...

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Autores principales: Ontaneda, Daniel, Rae-Grant, Alex D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Review: Management Updates
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20182574
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.58283
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description A key component of multiple sclerosis is the occurrence of episodes of clinical worsening with either new symptoms or an increase in older symptoms over a few days or weeks. These are known as exacerbations of multiple sclerosis. In this review, we summarize the pathophysiology and treatment of exacerbations and describe how they are related to the overall management of this disease.
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spelling pubmed-28249542010-02-24 Management of acute exacerbations in multiple sclerosis Ontaneda, Daniel Rae-Grant, Alex D. Ann Indian Acad Neurol Review: Management Updates A key component of multiple sclerosis is the occurrence of episodes of clinical worsening with either new symptoms or an increase in older symptoms over a few days or weeks. These are known as exacerbations of multiple sclerosis. In this review, we summarize the pathophysiology and treatment of exacerbations and describe how they are related to the overall management of this disease. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2824954/ /pubmed/20182574 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.58283 Text en © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Management of acute exacerbations in multiple sclerosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824954/
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