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Compact Manual for Multiple Sclerosis Registration in Clinical Research

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It has, since Charcot’s time, been almost unanimously recognized that the course of MS may take the form of bouts, or it may be chronically progressive, either from the onset or after a number of bouts. The essential histological and immunological difference, if any, between bouts and progress is still a matter of debate. Apart from this genuine problem, different interpretations of terms create new problems. The parameters discussed below have been amply tested in the Goteborg incidence material (Andersen 1980)

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  1. Department of Neurology, Radboud University Hospital, Reinier Postlaan 4, 6525 GC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Otto R. Hommes

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Andersen, O., Andersson, M., Broman, T., Zeeberg, I. (1986). Compact Manual for Multiple Sclerosis Registration in Clinical Research. In: Hommes, O.R. (eds) Multiple Sclerosis Research in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4143-4_12

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