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Published on: February 19, 2021
The clinical epidemiology of multiple sclerosis
Christian Confavreux1, Sandra Vukusic
1Service de Neurologie A, Centre de Coordination EDMUS et INSERM U842, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Lyon-Bron cedex, France. christian.confavreux@chu-lyon.fr
Abstract:
A comprehensive knowledge of the natural course and prognosis of multiple sclerosis is of utmost importance for a physician to make it affordable in simple descriptive terms to a patient when personal and medical decisions are to be taken. It is still topical because the currently acknowledged disease-modifying agents only marginally alter the overall prognosis of the disease. It provides reference for evaluating the efficacy of a therapeutic intervention in clinical trials; clues for public health services, health insurance companies, and pharmaceutical industry in their respective activities; and insights into the pathophysiology and the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Precise, consistent, and reliable data from appropriate cohorts have become available and knowledge is fairly comprehensive.
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