PIRA Represents Most Common Form of Disability Accrual in Relapsing-Remitting MS
Key risk factors for progression independent of relapse activity in relapsing-remitting MS include age and longer disease duration.
Key risk factors for progression independent of relapse activity in relapsing-remitting MS include age and longer disease duration.
More targeted, higher efficacious medications can drastically reduce the risk for accruing disability in newly diagnosed patients with MS.
For patients with primary progressive MS, age is a particularly important factor that predicts disease activity.
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Progression independent of relapse activity explains why certain patients with MS continue to worsen clinically without MRI evidence of new lesions.
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