RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multiple sclerosis: The importance of early recognition and treatment
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 157
OP 171
VO 68
IS 2
A1 Fox, Robert J.
A1 Cohen, Jeffrey A.
YR 2001
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/68/2/157.abstract
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.