Earlier Interferon Reduces Disability in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

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Earlier Interferon Reduces Disability in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
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Ludwig Kappos
Ludwig Kappos

REFERENCE: Lancet 2007; 370: 389-97
LUDWIG KAPPOS, University Hospital, Basel
Earlier treatment can reduce the risk of confirmed disability in patients with multiple sclerosis, according to a new study published in the Lancet. Three-year follow-up of the BENEFIT study showed favourable results among patients who began treatment with interferon beta-1b after a first event suggestive of multiple sclerosis, rather than waiting for further confirmatory events. Nicola Solomon interviewed Ludwig Kappos.

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