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MS may have a prodrome
« on: August 02, 2018, 07:08:46 am »
MS may have a prodrome, according to this research--which found people having certain health problems during the 5 years before "the first demyelinating claim or [MS] symptom onset."  From Multiple Sclerosis Journal (July 6, 2018)--"Five years before MS onset: Phenotyping the prodrome":


http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1352458518783662
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Re: MS may have a prodrome
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2018, 07:11:25 am »
The National MS Society has an article about this study (July 16, 2018), which was funded by the Society:


https://www.nationalmssociety.org/About-the-Society/News/Society-Funded-Researchers-Find-Evidence-of-Health
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Re: MS may have a prodrome
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2018, 04:39:25 pm »
More about this, in the MS International Federation newsletter (August 23, 2018)--"Signs of MS May Start 5 Years before Diagnosis":


https://www.msif.org/news/2018/08/27/signs-of-ms-may-start-five-years-before-diagnosis/
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