Open AccessNew Multiple Sclerosis Phenotypic Classification
Author(s) -
Fred Lublin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1421-9913
pISSN - 0014-3022
DOI - 10.1159/000367614
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , medicine , disease , progressive disease , clinical trial , clinically isolated syndrome , pediatrics , clinical phenotype , intensive care medicine , pathology , phenotype , immunology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
In 1996, the clinical course of multiple sclerosis (MS) was characterized as relapsing-remitting, primary progressive, secondary progressive or progressive relapsing. Since then, an increased understanding of MS and its pathology prompted a re-examination of these clinical phenotypes. Main recommendations of the 2013 revisions are provided herein.
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