Chronotherapy using corticosteroids for multiple sclerosis relapses
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Cortical relapses in multiple sclerosis.
BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a white and grey matter disease of the central nervous system (CNS). It is recognized that cortical damage (i.e. focal lesions and atrophy) plays a role in determining the accumulation of physical and cognitive disability that is observed in patients with progressive MS. To date, an association of cortical lesions with clinical relapses has not been describ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.104000