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Multiple paths towards repair in multiple sclerosis
David Colman1, Catherine Lubetzki, Stephen Reingold
1Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University Avenue, Montreal, PQ, Canada H3A 2B4.
Trends in Neurosciences
|January 22, 2003
Abstract:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS, affecting approximately 1/1000 individuals in the Western world. Available treatments limit CNS inflammation and strategies to repair damage in the CNS offer the potential of recovery of both tissue and function. With further fundamental knowledge developing, this area is ripe for 'translation' to clinical application.
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