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Treatment Update in Multiple Sclerosis

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CURRENT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA REPORTS
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 246-254

Publisher

CURRENT MEDICINE GROUP
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-012-0256-5

Keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Treatment; Algorithm; Interferon-beta; Glatiramer acetate; Natalizumab; Mitoxantrone; Fingolimod; Dimethyl fumarate; Cladribine; Alemtuzumab; Rituximab

Funding

  1. Biogen Idec
  2. Novartis

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Multiple sclerosis is the most common cause of disability in young people in the Western world. Reduced life expectancy and worsening quality of life due to increasing disability later in the disease course have significant personal and societal costs. Changes in treatment strategies and newly available treatments hope to improve the outlook for our often young patients. This paper details currently available treatments and some that are expected to reach the market shortly.

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