Multiple sclerosis: The importance of early recognition and treatment

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • February 2001,
  • 68
  • (2)
  • 157-171;

ABSTRACT

Primary practitioners need to know how to expedite the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), because treatments that can slow its course appear to be most effective when started early. Several lines of evidence demonstrate that tissue damage occurs very early in the disease, and much of this damage is clinically silent.

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