Comparing Plasma Exchange to Escalated Methyl Prednisolone in Refractory 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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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2077-0383
DOI: 10.3390/jcm9010035