PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fox, Robert J.
AU  - Cohen, Jeffrey A.
TI  - Multiple sclerosis: The importance of early recognition and treatment
DP  - 2001 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 157--171
VI  - 68
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/68/2/157.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/68/2/157.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2001 Feb 01; 68
AB  - 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.