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Klineova S, Mitiku N, Miller AE. Disease-modifying therapy for multiple sclerosis. FUTURE NEUROLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.2217/fnl.15.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
ABSTRACT Remarkable expansion of new diagnostic criteria and disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis has occurred in the last two decades. Revision of diagnostic criteria and characterization of disease course has allowed earlier diagnosis and better characterization of individual patients. With the current treatment armamentarium in the USA offering 11 agents, patients can now benefit from increasingly individualized therapy. The therapeutic decision-making process has become more complex, with the availability of multiple medications. Relative efficacy, potentially severe adverse events, tolerability issues and patient's preferences must now all be considered so that increasingly disease management more frequently involves physicians with multiple sclerosis subspecialty expertise. This article aims to provide a clinically oriented and concise review of currently available, as well as emerging, disease-modifying treatment therapies in multiple sclerosis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sylvia Klineova
- The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5 East 98th Street, Suite 1138, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5 East 98th Street, Suite 1138, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5 East 98th Street, Suite 1138, New York, NY 10029, USA
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