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Recent Medical Notes
Multiple Sclerosis
Updated:~2 min read8 SatellitesThe most common inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system; what defines it, how its phenotypes differ, and how diagnosis and treatment fit together.
Demyelinating Diseases Differential for MS
Updated:~6 min readHow multiple sclerosis compares with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-associated disease, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis across antibodies, course, imaging, and treatment.
Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Picture
Updated:~4 min readThe CIS, relapsing-remitting, secondary and primary progressive, and radiologically isolated phenotypes, typical and atypical features, disability measurement, and cognition.
Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis
Updated:~3 min readHow the McDonald criteria demonstrate dissemination in space and time, the roles of cerebrospinal fluid and evoked potentials, and red flags for other diagnoses.
Multiple Sclerosis Foundations
Updated:~3 min readDefinition, epidemiology, genetic and environmental risk factors, and the outside-in model of how immune injury reaches the central nervous system.
Multiple Sclerosis Neuroimaging
Updated:~4 min readThe MRI protocol and sequences, the five dissemination-in-space topographies, acute-versus-chronic lesion signs, central vein and paramagnetic rim markers, and treatment-related complications.