Diagnosis: Balós concentric sclerosis. On examination at the time of transfer, the patient had 0 out of 5 strength in the left upper extremity and 2 out of 5 strength in the left lower extremity ...

The diagnosis is usually made by observing a concentric ring pattern on MRI; laboratory studies might help to exclude other etiologies. In uncertain cases, a biopsy can be performed to confirm the ...

In some chronic conditions, like multiple sclerosis (MS), demyelination progresses over years. In relapsing-remitting MS, symptoms may worsen during flare-ups due to inflammation but then improve ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic (long-term) condition with symptoms that vary from person to person. With proper management of symptoms, people living with MS can often remain active for many ...

Nov. 18, 2024 — Fampridine is currently used to improve walking ability in multiple sclerosis. A new study shows that it could also help individuals with reduced working memory, as seen in ...

During his departure announcement in 2024, Neil thanked his bosses for their patience when he took off “a day or two here and there battling everything from multiple sclerosis and COVID to ...

But there is Mama Balo, a hostel cleaner at Lagos University Teaching Hospital Students’ Hostel who, for the past two decades, has derived purpose and essence from cleaning the mess made by the ...

If you've been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), it's time to start exploring treatment options. You've got a lot of them, everything from disease-modifying therapies and drugs that help manage ...

In multiple sclerosis (MS), a person's immune system attacks the protective covering (myelin sheath) of nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). MS disease-modifying ...

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the protective myelin sheaths that surround nerve fibres, leading to neurological disturbances.

Aortic sclerosis has two important clinical implications. Firstly, aortic sclerosis is an antecedent to clinically significant aortic valve obstruction and, secondly, it acts as a marker of increased ...

41 St. Joseph's Health Care London and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Objective The 1980 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for systemic sclerosis ...