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1. Progressive primary form of multiple sclerosis: clinical and radiological improvement with methylprednisolone in continuous pulsetherapy in one case for 16 years

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Alair Augusto Sarmet Moreira Damas dos Santos, Marcos R. G. de Freitas, Marcos Antonio Araújo, and Edmar A. S. de Araújo

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Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, business.industry, Multiple sclerosis, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Methylprednisolone, Surgery, Primary progressive, Neuroprotective Agents, Neurology, Pulse Therapy, Drug, Radiological weapon, medicine, Humans, Female, Neurology (clinical), business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) might be considered as a disease with different clinical phenotypes. Approximately 10-15% of the patients have the primary progressive form (PPMS). Confavreux and Vukusic considered PPMS as a multiple sclerosis ‘amputated’ from the usual preceding relapsing-remitting phase, saying it as one disease with different clinical phenotypes rather than an entity encompassing several distinct diseases1. The treatment of MS is directly based in animals’ models […] Progressive primary form of multiple sclerosis: clinical and radiological improvement with methylprednisolone [...]

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2009
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