Disease Modifying Agents for Multiple Sclerosis
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Disease Modifying Agents for Multiple Sclerosis
OBJECTIVE To summarize major clinical trials which evaluate the efficacy and safety data of approved disease modifying agents for the treatment of various types of multiple sclerosis. DATA SOURCES A MEDLINE (1966 to August 2008) search of clinical trials using the terms multiple sclerosis, interferon, glatiramer, mitoxantrone and natalizumab was performed. A manual bibliographic search was al...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Neurology Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1874-205X
DOI: 10.2174/1874205x01004010015